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BOVELLES, CHARLES DE. Proverbiorum Vulgarium Libri tres. Title in red and black; large Vidoue woodcut device on last page. [12], 171, [1] leaves. Small 8vo, mid-19th-century 1/2 gilt, joints and cover edges rubbed; contents toned with occasional light foxing and soiling, old scored inscriptions on title, fore edge of last leaf ragged. Paris: (Pierre Vidoue for) Galliot du Pre and Jean Roigny, 1531
first edition of a collection of over 650 French proverbs with Latin translation and commentary. The author was a mathematician and philosopher. DSB II, 360; Duplessis 243.
