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CATON, VARRON, COLUMELLE et PALLADIUS.

Lot 55
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 55 | CATON, VARRON, COLUMELLE et PALLADIUS.
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CATON, VARRON, COLUMELLE et PALLADIUS.

Libri de re rustica. M. Catonis Lib. I.- M. Terentii Varronis Lib. III.- Iunii Moderati Columellae Lib. XII.- Eiusdem de arboribus liber separatus ab aliis.- Palladii Lib. XIII.- De duobus dierum generibus… Venise : Alde et Andreae Soceri, décembre 1533.

Réunion canonique des quatre grands auteurs de l'Antiquité sur l'agriculture et la vie rurale. Séduisant exemplaire relié aux armes du comte d'Hoym.



Seconde édition aldine. Imprimée en caractères italiques, elle inaugure la relance de l'officine vénitienne sous la direction du jeune Paul Manuce (1512-1574), après une interruption des travaux pendant quatre ans. Le fils d'Alde l'Ancien suit le texte donné par son père en 1514, avec la même préface, mais avec des corrections tirées de l'édition des Giunti (1521). Le traité de Columelle est illustré de 16 figures dans le texte.



Ce bel exemplaire, très propre, provient de la bibliothèque de Charles-Jérôme de Cisternay du Fay. Il fut ensuite acquis par le comte d'Hoym qui fit apposer ses armes sur la reliure, dont le dos est orné à la grotesque, indice supplémentaire de la provenance Du Fay. Figure éminente et fastueuse de la bibliophilie au XVIIIe siècle, Charles-Henri, comte d'Hoym, constitua l'essentiel de sa bibliothèque à Paris de 1720 à 1729, durant sa mission alors qu'il était ministre plénipotentiaire d'Auguste II, électeur de Saxe et roi de Pologne. Les 5 000 ouvrages installés en son hôtel de la rue Cassette furent dispersés aux enchères à Paris. Brunet, V, 246 ; Simon BB II, n° 599 ; Oberlé, Fritsch, 25 ; Renouard, Annales de l'Imprimerie des Aldes, 1834, p. 109, n° 9 ; Ahmanson-Murphy, The Aldine Press, 2009, n° 264.



In-8 (204 x 130 mm). Reliure du début du XVIIIe siècle : vélin ivoire, armes dorées sur les plats, dos lisse orné à la grotesque, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches bleues.

Provenance : Charles-Jérôme de Cisternay du Fay (Bibliotheca Fayanna, 1725, n° 1181) ; comte d’Hoym (1694-1736 ; armes ; Catalogue 1738, n° 1142) ; Louis-Léon de Brancas-Lauraguais (ex-libris armorié avec son chiffre BCDL).



A fine copy of the second aldine edition, in a 18th-century vellum binding gilted with Comte d'Hoym's coat of arms.

Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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