PARADIN, Claude - Lot 7

PARADIN, Claude Quadrins historiques de la Bible Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1555 ONE OF THE GREAT MODEL BOOKS FOR ARTISTS OF THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE. EXEMPLAIRE DE PIERRE BERÈS 4 works in 1 in-8 volume (171 x 113mm) Three other works are bound in: (II) : Charles Fontaine. Les Figures du Nouveau Testament. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1554; (III): Pierre Du Val. De la grandeur de Dieu et de la cognoissance qu'on peult avoir de luy par ses œuvres. Paris, Michel de Vascosan, 1555; (IV): Claude Paradin. Devises heroïques, Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557. Letterpress mark on last leaf, rich woodcut letterpress ornamentation. (I): second French edition of the Quadrins; (II): ORIGINAL EDITION dedicated to Marguerite de France; (IV): second edition, dedicated to Théodore de Marzé COLLATION: (I): A-P8 Q4; (II): A-F8 G4; (III): A-F4; (IV): a-q8 r4 ILLUSTRATION: (I): 231 woodcuts, 33 more than in the first edition; (II): 95 woodcuts. The figures of the Apocalypse (f. E6-G2v) are not accompanied by the poems; (IV): 182 emblems, including: the salamander of François I, the triple crescent of Henri II, the porcupine of Louis XII, the Hercules columns of Charles V, the necklace of the Annonciade, the necklace of the Golden Fleece... CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Tan calf, gilt decoration, central diamond pattern and fillets, ribbed spine decorated with a gilt fleur-de-lys in each entrenerfs, gilt edges. PROVENANCE: on the verso of the second cover, 18th-century signature L'encomie, with purchase mention 5 ll -- the blank verso of the last endpaper bears the indication: "ce livre apartiens à moi Jean François Cheviron fait à Dijon le 29 Mai 1803" -- Pierre Berès (1913-2008; Paris, December 17, 2007, no. 29) Fragility at O3, P4, some wetness. Epidermal marks, binding slightly restored. This second edition of the Quadrins historiques is a masterpiece of 16th-century French engraving and the most famous work by Bernard Salomon, known as Le Petit Bernard, from Lyon. The first part deals with Genesis; the second with Exodus and other books of the Old Testament. The work served as inspiration or model for artists such as earthenware makers, enamellers, cabinetmakers and glassmakers, and was reprinted many times, notably in English, Spanish and Italian editions. BIBLIOGRAPHY : (I): USTC 11313 -- Brunet IV, 995 (Quadrins) -- A. Cartier, De Tournes, p. 382, no. 292 -- Adams P-293; (II): A. Cartier, De Tournes, p. 366, no. 269 -- Mortimer, French, no. 85; (IV): A. Cartier, De Tournes, p. 452-453, no. 379 -- Adams P-291 -- Mortimer, French, no. 410