Guido PANCIROLI, Pierre de LA NOUE
Livre Premier des antiquitez perdus, et si au vif representees par la plume de l'illustre Iurisconsulte G. Pancirol [...] accompagné d'un second, des choses nouvellement inventées & auparavant incogneües
Chez Pierre Roussin|à Lyon 1617|5 x 14 cm|relié
French First edition, rare. Translation from Italian and Latin by Pierre de la Noue.
Bound in full sheepskin porphyry XVIII. Back smooth decorated. As part old red morocco. Friction to the jaws and headdresses. Good copy. Two sections of a catalog describing a similar edition pasted on a cover page.
Curious set of short articles bringing together knowledge and forgotten old ways on a variety of factors: purple, crystal, fruits, markets, precious stones, pyramids, baths, music, games. The first part deals with sixty-three subjects related to ancient and often drawn from ancient authors. The second part is filled with new discoveries, always in the form of short articles: the discovery of America, clocks, sugar, silk ... This type of compilation, bringing together many encyclopaedic knowledge thrown pell-mell reminds many treaties of the Renaissance, including those of Polydore Vergil; this entertainment through knowledge was then particularly enjoyed the book is itself a cabinet of curiosities.
Bookplate Stanislas de Guaita to arms, in a red medallion of veal (very rare) A second bookplate manuscript same "Ex Libris kabbalisticis. ' and dry stamp "Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix - Supreme Council".
Bound in full sheepskin porphyry XVIII. Back smooth decorated. As part old red morocco. Friction to the jaws and headdresses. Good copy. Two sections of a catalog describing a similar edition pasted on a cover page.
Curious set of short articles bringing together knowledge and forgotten old ways on a variety of factors: purple, crystal, fruits, markets, precious stones, pyramids, baths, music, games. The first part deals with sixty-three subjects related to ancient and often drawn from ancient authors. The second part is filled with new discoveries, always in the form of short articles: the discovery of America, clocks, sugar, silk ... This type of compilation, bringing together many encyclopaedic knowledge thrown pell-mell reminds many treaties of the Renaissance, including those of Polydore Vergil; this entertainment through knowledge was then particularly enjoyed the book is itself a cabinet of curiosities.
Bookplate Stanislas de Guaita to arms, in a red medallion of veal (very rare) A second bookplate manuscript same "Ex Libris kabbalisticis. ' and dry stamp "Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix - Supreme Council".
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