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BELON DU MANS, Pierre (1517-1564)

Lot 2
10.05.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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ID 542234
Lot 2 | BELON DU MANS, Pierre (1517-1564)
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€ 2 000 – 3 000
BELON DU MANS, Pierre (1517-1564). Les observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables, trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Egypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges, redigées en trois livres. Paris: Benoît Prevost pour Gilles Corrozet et Guillaume Cavellat, 1555.

Bel exemplaire en vélin de l’époque de cette célèbre publication, complet de la planche dépliantereprésentant le Mont Sinaï, qui manque àla plupart des exemplaires. Il s’agit de la troisième édition de cet ouvrage, fruit des voyages en Orient du naturaliste manceau Pierre Belon. Blackmer 115: "His [Observations] was the most documented account of the Levant which had appeared up to that time. Of importance is his description of Cairo after 30 years of Turkish occupation" ; Nissen ZBI 304 ; Nissen, Botanische, 132.

3 parties en 1 vol. in-8 (228 x 160 mm). Titre gravé, lettrines, bandeaux, culs-de-lampe et très nombreuses gravures sur bois dans le texte, représentant des animaux réels ou imaginaires, des plantes, cartes et vues de villes, costumes. Bien complet de la planche dépliante représentant le Mont Sinaï, au feuillet I3, qui manque souvent (quelques piqûres éparses, mouillure claire en marge inférieure du dernier quart du volume, pliures àl’angle supérieur droit du feuillet M3). Reliure de l’époque en vélin, titre à l’encre sur le dos et sur la tranche de queue (restes de lacets). Provenance : sur le feuillet de titre, plusieurs ex-libris manuscrits « de Marest Dalge », probablement Antoine de Marest (mort en 1672), seigneur d’Alge et avocat général de la Cour des Aides de Normandie. L’exemplaire comporte aussi les ex-libris gravés de deux membres de la famille de Mareste, avec armes de la famille et leur devise parlante « A Dieu seul je Mareste » -- ex libris manuscrit "ex-libris monasterii B.M. de bono nuntio 1718 ".

Fine copy, bound in contemporary vellum, with the folding plate of Mount Sinai which is lacking in most.
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