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HOMÈRE

Lot 119
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
€ 5 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1079709
Lot 119 | HOMÈRE
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€ 5 000 – 7 000
HOMÈRE

Poetarum omnium seculorum longe Principis Homeri Ilias : hoc est de rebus ad Troiam gestis descriptio, iam recens Latino carmine reddita Helio Eobano Hesso interprete. Paris : [Jacques Bogard pour lui-même, Jacques Gazeau et] Charlotte Guillard, 1545.

Exemplaire en reliure de l’époque de cette traduction de l’Iliade, portant l’adresse de l’imprimeuse parisienne Charlotte Guillard. Cette traduction latine est l’œuvre d’Eoban Koch, aussi connu sous le nom de plume d’Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540). Le texte suit l’édition donnée par Robert Winter à Bâle en 1540.

La page de titre porte le nom de l’imprimeuse parisienne Charlotte Guillard, qui partageait l’édition avec Jacques Bogard et Jacques Gazeau. Née vers 1480, elle épousa dans les premières années du XVIe siècle l’imprimeur Berthold Rembolt, associé d'Ulrich Gering, qui avait fondé la première imprimerie de France ; il tenait boutique à l’enseigne du Soleil d’or. Au moment où paraît cette édition, le couple s’était établi rue Saint Jacques. À la disparition de son époux, en 1519, Charlotte avait pris seule en charge l’imprimerie : elle la dirigera jusqu’à sa mort en 1557.

Rémi Jimenes a consacré plusieurs études à cette figure remarquable – il relève pas moins de 181 éditions imprimées à son adresse, entre 1537 et 1556.

USTC ne recense que 9 exemplaires en institutions publiques, la majorité conservés en France.

Jimenes, n°94 ; Renouard, V, Bogard, n°214 ; USTC 116896 ; French Vernacular Books, n°74133 ; Beech, Beatrice. “Charlotte Guillard: A Sixteenth-Century Business Woman.” Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 36, n°3, 1983, pp. 345-67.



In-16 (112 x 72 mm). Collation : [1] 2-408 ff. (avec de nombreuses erreurs de foliotation); signatures: 1-Z8 AA-ZZ8 a-e8 (Conforme à Renouard) (mouillures importantes dans l’ensemble du volume, quelques piqûres).

Reliure de l’époque : veau brun, médaillon doré frappé au centre des plats (importants manques et usures au dos, frottements aux plats).

Provenance : au premier feuillet blanc, devise manuscrite du XVIe siècle : "Gaudet patientia duris".



Contemporary-bound copy of this Latin translation of Homer's Iliad, by Eoban Koch. The title page shows the imprint of Charlotte Guillard, a fascinating figure of the 16th century parisian bookworld and an example of a successful woman printer. Most of the 9 copies in institutional holdings are located in France.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Greece, Europe
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