Mar 08, 2018 - Sale 2468

Sale 2468 - Lot 54

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
CORROZET, GILLES; and BONFONS, NICOLAS. Les Antiquitez Croniques et Singularitez de Paris, Ville Capitalle du Royaume de France. 56 full-page woodcuts of Parisian tombs and monuments in the second part. [16], 212; [4], 119, [3] leaves. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 161x102 mm, 19th-century red levant gilt by David; contents washed with light residual toning; morocco-edged marbled board slipcase. Bookplate of E. Délicourt. Paris: Nicolas Bonfons, 1586-88

Additional Details

First edition to include the illustrated second part by Bonfons. Corrozet's guide to the history and antiquities of Paris was first published in 1532. Harvard/Mortimer-French 156.