Serres, D'Olivier
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
Le théâtre d'agriculture et mesnage des champs. Paris: Jamet Métayer, 1600. 4to, engraved title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials, 8 rectangular woodcuts and 16 ?engraved illustrations in the text, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt tooled wreaths to boards, Sinclair bookplate to paste-down endpaper, marginal dampstaining, a couple of tears to corners and closed marginal tears, pages occasionally a little creased, a few rust stains occasionally affecting letters, some binding errors (pp.667-668 bound following page 670; pp.789-790 bound before page 787; additional copy of quire 5H), very minor marginal worming to signature 4F, marginal repair to page 857 with no loss of text, joints and hinges once repaired but beginning to split, some rubbing to spine and covers, very slight worming to upper cover
Footnote
Note: A copy held, and digitised, by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France appears to have two blank leaves at the beginning of the book, following the title but preceeding the dedication. This copy does not have these blanks, however the first quire appears to be complete. The copy for sale does have a final leaf reading 'Acheué d'Imprimer, le premier jour de juillet M.D.C.' which is not included in the digitised version. [Bibliothèque Nationale de France: ark:/12148/bpt6k52175n]