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PRIDEAUX, Humphrey (1648-1724)

Lot 36
29.10.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 36 | PRIDEAUX, Humphrey (1648-1724)
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€ 4 000 – 5 000
PRIDEAUX, Humphrey (1648-1724)
La vie de Mahomet. Amsterdam : George Gallet, 1698.

Première édition française. Précieux exemplaire en maroquin rouge, aux provenances prestigieuses.
Brunet, VI, 28001 ; Chahine, Bibliographie du Levant, n° 3859.

In-8 (151 x 98 mm). Illustré d'un frontispice à la date de 1699 et 9 planches gravées retraçant les épisodes de la vie de Mahomet. Reliure de l'époque : maroquin rouge, encadrement de filets dorés et fleurons aux écoiçons, dos à nerfs et caissons ornés de petits fers dorés, roulettes sur les coupes, tranches dorées sur marbrure.

Provenance : Bonnemet ; duc de la Vallière (ce dernier achète la bibliothèque Bonnemet en 1772, vente en janvier 1773, n° 2787, exemplaire en maroquin rouge) ; Delaleu (1712-1774 ; sa vente, 1775, n° 1940, exemplaire en maroquin rouge) ; Firmin Didot (? ; 1764-1836 ; sa bibliothèque est dispersée en 1811) ; Pixerécourt (1773-1844 ; ex-libris ; sa vente, 1839, n° 2083) ; La Bédoyère (? ; 1782-1861 ; absent du catalogue de vente de 1862) ; baron Jérôme Pichon (1812-1896 ; sa vente, 1869, n° 1055, "Bel exemplaire provenant des bibliothèque Bonnemet, la Vallière, F. Didot, la Bédoyère et Pixérécourt") ; Bocher ; Édouard Rahir (1862-1924 ; ex-libris ; sa vente, 1937, n° 1535 : la notice attribue la note manuscrite en début d'ouvrage au baron Pichon)
Outre les deux ex-libris, une note manuscrite à l'encre en début d'ouvrage fait état de la plupart des noms de cette longue liste de provenances : "Cet exemplaire de MM. de Labédoyère et Pixerécourt est probablement celui de Bonnemet [...] qui figura dans une vente que le duc de la Vallière fit faire en Janv. 1773 de livres provenant de Guyon de Sardière et Bonnemet. Il a pu être acheté à cette vente par Delaleu chez qui on trouve un ex. en M.R. Il a en outre appatenu à F. Didot" Le catalogue Rahir attribue cette note au baron Jérôme Pichon, et rajoute MM. Bocher en provenance.

First French edition, this copy with a long chain of prestigious provenance: from the libraries of Pixérecourt, Pichon, Rahir...
Artist:Humphrey Prideaux (1648 - 1724)
Place of origin:The Netherlands
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