Réunion de 7 impressions par Robert Estienne

Sammelband of 7 works printed in Paris by the celebrated Robert Estienne, a central figure in Parisian printing of the sixteenth century.

One of them, Seminarium et plantarium fructiferarum, is the rare second edition of a work by the printer's younger brother, Charles Estienne. Also included is the Pædologia Petri Mosellani Protegensis, which brings together, according to René de Maulde La Clavière, the two most important Latin dialogues for children at the time.

Later binding in full brown sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt false compartments enclosing urns, red morocco lettering-piece, blind-ruled border to boards, gilt roulette to board edges, blue speckled edges, pastedowns and endpapers marbled in a shell pattern. Slight leather losses to the headcaps, minor wormholes to the spine, general wear and discreet leather losses to the joints, bumped corners and minor surface scuffing to board edges. A few very light scattered foxing spots.

Extensive contemporary Latin annotations in brown ink throughout all texts with the exception of the third, some slightly cropped by the binder. Manuscript ex-libris on the title-page of the first text.

• Herodian & Angelo Poliziano, Herodiani Historiae de imperio post Marcum, vel de suis temporibus, e graeco translatae, Angelo Politiano interprete (1544) [History of the Roman Empire from the death of Marcus Aurelius]. 181 pp. Repair to the first title-page at the printer's device, where an ex-libris formerly appeared.
• Petrus Mosellanus, Tabulae de schematibus et tropis Petri Mosellani. In Rhetorica Philippi Melanchthonis. In Erasmi Roterodami libellum De duplici copia (1542) [Tables of Figures and Tropes by Petrus Mosellanus. On the Rhetoric of Philip Melanchthon. On Erasmus of Rotterdam's treatise on Copia]. 1 blank leaf, 62 pp.
• Fenestella [Andrea Domenico Fiocco], L. Fenestella De Magistratibus, sacerdotiisque Romanorum. Pomponius Laetus itidem de Magistratibus & sacerdotiis, & præterea de diversis legibus Romanorum (1549) [On the Magistracies and Priesthoods of the Romans. Likewise on the Magistracies and Priesthoods, and on the Various Laws of the Romans]. 112 pp, [6], 1 blank leaf. Small tear to the upper left corner of p. 67, staining to p. 83 affecting legibility.
• Summa totius sacræ scripturæ decem Dei verba, sive præcepta (1541) [A Summary of the Whole of Holy Scripture: the Ten Words, or Commandments, of God]. Very short margins occasionally affecting the marginal biblical references. 24 pp.
• Charles Estienne, Seminarium, et plantarium fructiferarum praesertim arborum quae post hortos conseri solent denuo auctum & locupletatum. Huic accessit alter libellus de consere[n]dis arboribus in seminario, déque iis in plantarium transferendis atque inserendis (1548) [Nursery and Plantation of Fruit-Bearing Trees, especially those commonly planted in gardens, enlarged and enriched. With a second tract on raising trees in a nursery, transplanting and grafting them]. 1–180 [20] pp. Printer's error resulting in certain verso pages being left unprinted, specifically pp. 162-163, 165-166, 170-171, 174-75, which are absent. Pale marginal dampstaining from p. 97 to the end of the volume.
• Petrus Mosellanus, Pædologia Petri Mosellani Protegensis. Dialogi XXXVII. Dialogi pueriles Christophori Hegendorphini, XII (1543) [The Pædologia of Petrus Mosellanus of Protegens: Thirty-Seven Dialogues. Twelve Dialogues for Children by Christoph Hegendorff]. 70 pp. Pale marginal dampstaining to pp. 1-16.
• William Lily, De octo orationis partium constructione libellus, cum commentariis Junii Rabirii (1550) [A Tract on the Construction of the Eight Parts of Speech, with the Commentaries of Junius Rabirus]. 199 pp. Pale marginal dampstaining from p. 121 to the final page, ink stain to p. 194.