THRIVERIS, JÉRÉMIE. Hieremiae Thriveri Brachelii varia apophthegmata. Lyon: Godefroy and Marcellin Béringen, 1549 [bound with:]
LEONICO TOMEO, NICCOLÒ. Nicolai Leonici Thomaei De varia historia libri tres. Cum eorum, quae notatu digna sunt, indice locupletissimo. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe 1555
Another fine binding made for Gian Federico Madruzzo, on a small format medical text printed in Lyon, and one of eight books from his library in this sale. For a full description of Madruzzo and his books, see Bibliotheca Brookeriana I, 11 October 2023, lot 12, another small format Lyon imprint with the same armorial and similar spine decoration. Madruzzo was imprisoned in the Château de Vincennes in the 1550s and he and his fellow prisoners collected books to occupy their time. Unusually for bindings at this time, this volume has the date of binding stamped at the foot of the spine, which also occurs on other volumes bound for Madruzzo. He also owned another copy of the second work, bound for him in 1569 or later.
Further volumes bound for Madruzzo include Bibliotheca Brookeriana IV, 18 October 2024, lot 956 (Manuzio), and lots 1064 (Cicero), 1114 (Herodianus Syrus), 1149 (Lucanus), 1183 (Prudentius Clemens), 1204 (Silius Italicus), 1210 (Tauler) and 1222 (Titelmans) in the present sale.
THRIVERIS, JÉRÉMIE. Hieremiae Thriveri Brachelii varia apophthegmata. Lyon: Godefroy and Marcellin Béringen, 1549 [bound with:]
LEONICO TOMEO, NICCOLÒ. Nicolai Leonici Thomaei De varia historia libri tres. Cum eorum, quae notatu digna sunt, indice locupletissimo. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe 1555
Another fine binding made for Gian Federico Madruzzo, on a small format medical text printed in Lyon, and one of eight books from his library in this sale. For a full description of Madruzzo and his books, see Bibliotheca Brookeriana I, 11 October 2023, lot 12, another small format Lyon imprint with the same armorial and similar spine decoration. Madruzzo was imprisoned in the Château de Vincennes in the 1550s and he and his fellow prisoners collected books to occupy their time. Unusually for bindings at this time, this volume has the date of binding stamped at the foot of the spine, which also occurs on other volumes bound for Madruzzo. He also owned another copy of the second work, bound for him in 1569 or later.
Further volumes bound for Madruzzo include Bibliotheca Brookeriana IV, 18 October 2024, lot 956 (Manuzio), and lots 1064 (Cicero), 1114 (Herodianus Syrus), 1149 (Lucanus), 1183 (Prudentius Clemens), 1204 (Silius Italicus), 1210 (Tauler) and 1222 (Titelmans) in the present sale.
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