Lot 184
Primasius
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Briefue et fructeuse exposition sus les Epistres Sainct Paul. Paris: pour Estienne Rosset, 1540. First edition, 8vo., ff. 251 (i), contemporary French calf gilt, triple ruled central panel with gilt florets at each corner, larger floret in centre, five smaller on spine, some very light spotting of printer's ink, mostly marginal., two bands very slightly holed at upper joint
Footnote
Note: First edition of the first French translation of Primasius' commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul, by Jean de Gaigny, who had published the Latin text, also for the first time only three years earlier. The volume is a lovely example of early Renaissance French book production with the repeated use (technically difficult and laborious) of elegant and contrasting types.
Not in BM. STC Fr. or Adams. Brunet IV 876.
Provenance: Printed record, Prat, 5 Soldi 1771 on endpaper.