PHILOSTRATE, Flavius.

Les Images ou Tableaux de Platte Peinture des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs et ses Statues, mis en fracais par Blaise de Vigenère Bourbonnois enriches d'Arguments et Annotations. revues et corrigez sur l'Original par un docte personnage de ce temps en la langue grecque et Representez en Taille Douce en cette nouvelle edition, avec des Epigra...

A Paris, la Veusue Abel L'Angelier et la Veusue M. Guillemont, 1615. In-F°(425 x 275 mm.), 8 unnumb. f.f., 921 pp., 23 unnumb ff.; worn contemporary full leather, with some restorings on back and on the upper cover. Engraved tittle page, numerous ornamental woodcuts and initials, 64 of 65 (it's lacking page 421-422) almost full page engravings in the text. This edition is appreciated by its plates, that are missing on the first Vigenere French translation with commentary dated 1578. The fine engravings were done by Léonard Gautier and Thomas de Leu after the designs of Jaspar Isac and Antoine Caron. These mythological and allegorical engravings conform a real Baroque Iconographical source work. In some copies the title page is dated 1614. Paper lightly brownished, occasional litlle foxings, some water stains on few margin pages, little wormholes on upper and lower margins, however very good copy. Brunet, IV, 620. Hoefer, XL, 6. Hofer,Baroque Book Illustration, 23.

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