Lot n° 132
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: 7 500EUR
LORRIS (Guillaume de and Jean de Meung). The Rommant de la R - Lot 132
LORRIS (Guillaume de and Jean de Meung). The Rommant de la Rose newly revised and corrected after the previous printings. It is sold in Paris, by Galliot du Pré, bookseller, having
his bookshop pillar of the great hall of the Pallays, 1529. small 8-fold unencrypted preliminary volume, 403 unencrypted pages in roman (with some wrong numbers) and one unencrypted leaf with printer's mark on verso, garnet maroon, 5-ribbed spine, maroon lining. La Vall. covered with a gilt decoration "à la fanfare" with foliage and roses, double combed paper endpapers, gilt on marble, case (Chambolle-Duru - Marius Michel, gilder).
Nice edition, the first in round letters and the second of the text revised by Clément-Marot, who is said to be the author of the Exposition Moralle du romant de la rose, placed at the head. Brunet already says it is "rare in beautiful condition and much sought after", it is illustrated with 51 charming small woodcut vignettes in the text, one of which is on the title, which is printed in red and black, the volume ends with the beautiful mark of Galliot du Prè, reproduced by Brunet.
A very fine copy, perfectly preserved and with large margins (134 x 88 mm.). It belonged to Charles Nodier, as attested by a handwritten note in ink, signed, appearing on the old endpaper which has been preserved: "Excellent and unusual book. Ch. Nodier". It is likely that Nodier, having acquired an ex. bound by Padeloup (which appears in his sale after his death, in 1844), gave it or offered it to H. Duru, a master bookbinder appreciated by the greatest and most delicate bibliophiles of his time (including Nodier) and a pupil of Thouvenin.
This binder had a new binding executed in his workshop and by his successor Chambolle. The lining decoration was gilded by Marius-Michel père, "the great gilder of the 19th century", who had two important clients at first: Capé and Duru (Devauchelle, III, p. 45), a handwritten note in ink placed at the beginning of the work on a fixed leaf and signed bears this inscription: 'Roman de la Rose, 1529, relier (sic) par Chambolle pour moi en 1870. Duru".
SUPERB CONDITION.
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