Lot n° 310

HORAPOLLON De Hieroglyphiques notis, à Bernardino Trebatio Vicentino latinite donatus. Paris, …

Estimation : 300 - 500 EUR
Adjudication : 379 €
Description
HORAPOLLON De Hieroglyphiques notis, à Bernardino Trebatio
Vicentino latinite donatus. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1530. In-8 (166 x 105 mm) de 24 ff.ch., 4 ff.n.ch. Demi-vélin ivoire (reliure du XIXème siècle).
Renouard, Estienne, 34: 13; Schreiber, 42.
Édition originale.
«It is in the popular Latin translation of Trebatius that Horapollo's influence was spread and started the vogue for hieroglyphics among the humanists. The interest in Horapollo led eventually to a new pictorial and literary genre: the emblem book» (Schreiber).
Provenance : H.G. Doggett (cachet humide sur la garde) - Elizabeth
Armstrong (étiquette au contre plat).
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