Accession number:
PML 75088
Published:
A Lyon : Chez Mathias Bonhomme, 1548.
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1976.
Description:
152, 32, 16 unnumberedleaves ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes:
Printed in black and red.
Signatures, in 3 parts: AB⁸ C-V⁸; AA-BB⁸; aa-dd⁸.
Borders and woodcuts signed PV, identified as Pierre Vase, i.e. Pierre Eskrich, active in Lyon.
Parts II and III with imprint signed Macé Bonhomme.
Binding:
French (Lyon or Paris) mid-16th century dark green gilt-tooled morocco with interlace stained black, perhaps by Mahieu Aesop Binder (only 2 tools shared from Aesop bindery but overall design is not similar to Aesop; previously attributed to Etienne Roffet). Gilt edges. 2 ribbon ties, missing.
Provenance:
B. N. D., unidientified monogram and motto "Je scay que dieu doulx me sera et ma priere exaulcera" on binding; Madame Marmion a Villefolle, signature, 17th century (final leaf); "Recette Partion d'Est, Paris, Douanes" stamp (rear endleaf); Tandeau de Marsac, sale, Paris, part 1, 28 April 1898, lot 69 for FF605; Georges Heilbrun (Paris), stock cat. 10 (1955), no. 75 with binding attributed to Etienne Roffet; William H. Schab, cat. 24 (1958), no. 137, with binding attributed to Etienne Roffet; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bernard Breslauer as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1976.
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