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[PROVENANCE BECHTEL] GOULART, Thresor d'histoires admirables et mémorables, 1620
GOULART, Simon.
Thresor d'histoires admirables et mémorables de nostre temps.
Genève, Samuel Crespin, 1620.
Two volumes 8vo (158x100 mm), 6-(10)-554 pages /[555-1117]-(32) pages. binding : Eighteenth century full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Joints splitted, caps worn. Binding rubbed. Cropped at head.
A very curious collection of singular and extraordinary facts classified in alphabetical order. Our second volume ends at the letter Z but this edition will see a two-volume suite published by Jacques Crespin in 1628.
First edition done in 1610.
Bibliophilic curiosity at the end of the second volume is the colophon of Jean III de Tournes who then begins his work as a printer in Geneva.
references: Caillet [II, 4664 :"On y trouve tous sortes d'histoires concernant aussi bien la médecine que la magie, les apparitions sataniques et les belles lettres"].
provenance: Bookplates Guy Bechtel (n°155 on his catalog), Chateau de Coeuvres, wax stamp on title pages.
Price : 600 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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