Accession number
PML 76177
Creator
Poldo d'Albenas, Jean, 1512-1563.
Published
A Lyon : Par Guillaume Rouille, 1560.
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
First edition, second issue.
Illustrations: woodcuts of various sizes, some double-page, comprising historiated title border (previously used in other works and attributed by Baudrier to Pierre Eskrich) and several views, plans, architectural drawings and textual illustrations attributed formerly, on stylistic grounds, to Hugues Sambin. Ornamental and pictorial headpieces and initials.
Mellon no.: T81.15.
Signatures: *⁶ a-c⁴ d² e-k⁴ l-n² o-z⁴ 2A-2I⁴.
Illustrations: woodcuts of various sizes, some double-page, comprising historiated title border (previously used in other works and attributed by Baudrier to Pierre Eskrich) and several views, plans, architectural drawings and textual illustrations attributed formerly, on stylistic grounds, to Hugues Sambin. Ornamental and pictorial headpieces and initials.
Mellon no.: T81.15.
Signatures: *⁶ a-c⁴ d² e-k⁴ l-n² o-z⁴ 2A-2I⁴.
Description
[6], 226, [14] p., [8] leaves of plates (4 folded, 4 double) : ill., plans ; 32 cm (f⁰)
Provenance
Jacques Joye (signature), Henry-Louis de Loménie, (stamp on covers), Pierre Hollier-Larousse (bookplate, apparently Pierre Hollier-Larousse, 1878-1959), Paul Mellon (bookplate). Unidentified label with motto: pro captu lectoris.
Binding
Brown calf, gilt, all edges gilt, de Brienne's coat of arms. For details of attribution see R. Birley. The library of Louis-Henri de Loménie. In: The Library, 5th series, vol. XVII, no. 2, p. 105-131.
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