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BINDING - COLBERT LE BOSSU (RENÉ) Traité du poeme epique, Paris, Michel Le Petit, 1675
25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
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BINDING - COLBERT
LE BOSSU (RENÉ) Traité du poeme epique, woodcut device on title, bound for Colbert in contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with 2 3-line fillet borders, the inner enclosing the arms of Colbert, ornamental corner-pieces, g.e., headband slightly worn, 8vo (163 x 90mm.), Paris, Michel Le Petit, 1675
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Provenance: Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), statesman and a bibliophile, inscription ("Bibliothecae Colbertinae") on title and his arms on covers; Robert Shafto, Benwell; William Adair, armorial bookplates.
