Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 113

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Ortúñez de Calahorra, Diego (fl. mid-16th century)
L'Admirable Histoire Du Chevalier Du Soleil.

Part I: Paris: Chez Jean Foüet, 1620; Part II: Samuel Thiboust, 1620-1633.

Eight parts in eight octavo volumes; translated from Spanish to French by François de Rosset (1571-1619) & Louis Douët; engraved printer's device to first title page; bound in full 18th century gilt-tooled French calf for Charles-Henri, Comte d'Hoym, Saxon ambassador to the court of Versailles, with his gilt arms on all boards, sold as lot 2753 in his 1738 sale; ex libris London bookseller James Toovey (1814-1893) with his gilt label; spines ornately gilt, each with two red morocco lettering pieces (some worming to the top edge of volume VI; some joints cracking, generally very nicely preserved); 6 1/2 x 4 in. (8)

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
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