ALCIATI, Andrea - Lot 4

ALCIATI, Andrea Emblems Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1549 a fine copy in elegant 18th-century binding. EXEMPLAIRE DE PIERRE BERÈS In-8 (170 x 110 mm). First edition with commentary. French translation by Barthélémy Aneau. Title page and each emblem page framed by a cartouche. ILLUSTRATION: 203 wood-engraved emblems EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDING. Red morocco, framed with triple gilded fillet, long ornate spine, gilded edges. PROVENANCE : Paris, December 17, 2007, no. 22 Margins a little short in places, very rare foxing. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Index Aureliensis, 102.966 -- Adams, Rawles, Saunders, Bibliography of French emblem books, Genève, 1999, pp. 44-46, F.026 -- Mortimer, French, n° 1