Book production - Printing - France, 1501-1600

Lot Comprises:

Étienne Dolet

Richard Copley Christie, Étienne Dolet, 1508‐1546, London, Macmillan, 1899, 4to., early 20C bookplate of John Alfred Green (1867‐1922), publisher's red cloth, deckled edges

Simon de Colines

Kay Amert, The Scythe and the Rabbit: Simon de Colines and the Culture of the Book in Renaissance Paris, Rochester, RIT Cary Graphic Arts, 2012, 8vo., publisher's grey printed wrappers

Simon de Colines

Philippe Renouard, Bibliographie des Éditions de Simon de Colines, 1520‐1546, Paris, Em. Paul, L. Huard et Guillemin, 1894, 4to., green cloth

Simon de Colines

Fred Schreiber, Simon de Colines: An Annotated Catalogue of 230 Examples of His Press, 1520‐1546, Provo, 1995, fol., publisher's cloth gilt

Adrien Turnèbe

John Lewis, Adrien Turnèbe (1512‐1565): A Humanist Observed, Geneva, Droz, 1998, 4to., publisher's red cloth

Henri II Estienne

Henri Estienne, The Frankfort Book Fair: the Francofordiense Emporium of Henri Estienne edited with historical introduction, original Latin text with English translation on opposite pages, and notes, by James Westfall Thompson, (Chicago, Caxton Club, 1911), reprint Amsterdam, Gérard Th. van Heusden, 1969, fol., publisher's blue cloth, dust jacket

Robert Estienne

Elizabeth Armstrong, Robert Estienne, Royal Printer: An Historical Study of the Elder Stephanus, Cambridge, 1954, 4to., publisher's black cloth gilt

Henri II Estienne

Judith Kecskméti, Bénédicte Boudou & Hélène Cazes, La France des Humanistes: Henri II Estienne, éditeur et écrivain, Turnhout, Brepols, 2003, 4to., publisher's boards

Estienne family

Antoine‐Auguste Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne ou Histoire de la famille des Estienne et de ses éditions, (Paris, 1843), reprint New York, Burt Franklin, [n.d.], 4to., 2 vols., publisher's blue cloth

Estienne family

Fred Schreiber, The Estiennes: An Annotated Catalogue of 300 Highlights of their Various Presses, New York, 1982, 4to., publisher's blue cloth gilt

Robert Estienne

DeWitt T. Starnes, Robert Estienne's Influence on Lexicography, Austin, University of Texas Press, 1963, 8vo., publisher's green cloth, dust jacket

Geoffroy Tory, 1480-1533

Geofroy Tory, Champ Fleury, translated into English and Annotated by George B. Ives, (New York, Grolier Club, 1927), reprint New York, Kraus, 1967, fol., publisher's black cloth over grey cloth

Geoffroy Tory, 1480-1533

Auguste Bernard, Geofroy Tory, peintre et graveur, premier imprimeur royal, réformateur de l'orthographe et de la typographie sous François Ier, Paris, Edwin Tross, 1857, first edition, 4to., 19C 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, blue endpapers, plain edges, bookplate of Oscar Aurelius Morgner (sale Anderson, March 4, 1925, lot 18); bookplate of Carl W. Jones (1887‐1957)

Geoffroy Tory, 1480-1533

Auguste Bernard, Geofroy Tory, Peintre et graveur, premier imprimeur royal, réformateur de l'orthographie et de la typographie sous François Ier, Deuxième Édition, Entièrement Refondue (Paris, 1865), reprint Nieuwkoop, De Graaf, 1963, 4to., publisher's sky blue cloth gilt

Geoffroy Tory, 1480-1533

Auguste Bernard, Geofroy Tory, Painter and Engraver: First Royal Printer: Reformer of Orthography and Typography under François I. An Account of his life and Works (translated by George B. Ives), (Boston, Riverside Press, 1909), reprint New York, Kraus, 1969, fol., publisher's black cloth over grey cloth

Geoffroy Tory, 1480-1533

Gustave Cohen, Geoffroy Tory and Catherine de' Medici: An unpublished manuscript of Geoffroy Tory of the Genealogy of the Counts of Bologne concerning the French Ancestry of Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, N.Y., H.P. Kraus, 1944, 4to., publisher's boards, presentation inscription from H.P. Kraus dated 1944

Geoffroy Tory, 1480-1533

Stéphanie Deprouw, Olivier Halévy, Magali Vène, Fabienne Le Bars, Geoffroy Tory: Imprimeur de François Ier, Graphiste avant la lettre, Paris, Editions Rmn‐ Grand Palais, 2011, 4to., publisher's white and red paper wrappers (two copies)

Sold as a group, not subject to return.