Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 60

Price Realized: $ 260
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
CLÉMENT, NICOLAS. Austrasiae reges et duces epigrammatis . . . descripti. [8], 130, [2] pages, including final blank; lacks G1. bound with his: Les Rois et Ducs d'Austrasie. French translation by François Guibaudet. [16] (of [20]?), 139 (of 142) pages; lacks last 2 leaves, and possibly last 2 preliminaries. Together, 2 volumes in one, each with etched cartouche with arms of Lorraine on title and medallion portraits by Pierre Woeriot in text. 4to, 208x149 mm, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact, cover corners worn through; light dampstaining in upper outer corners throughout, occasional light soiling and foxing, G4 loose . Cologne, 1591; 1591 [date on both titles changed to 1593 in ink]

Additional Details

first edition and first edition in french of a collection of epigrams to rulers and nobles of Lorraine, with their portraits.