Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 85

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
GUEVARA, ANTONIO DE. Le Favory de Court. [16], 376, [4] (of [8]) pages; lacks 2 blanks at end. 8vo, 18th-century calf-backed wooden boards, top of spine worn, minor worming in bottom compartment, cover corners chipped; margins trimmed entering a few headlines, clean tear in q2, few small wormholes through last several leaves not impairing legibility, front free endpaper lacking. Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1556

Additional Details

first edition in french of a collection of maxims for courtiers originally published in 1539 in Spanish. Palau 110319.