BARTHOLIN (Thomas). De Armillis veterum schedion. Amsterdam, Henri Wetstein, 1676. In-12, brown calf, triple fillet, in the corners gilt crowned numeral, gilt arms in the center, spine ribbed with the same repeated numeral, t.p. red, tr. red (Rel. ep.).
First edition of this collection of 5 texts about Antiquities, by the Danish doctor Thomas Bartholin.
The first text De Armillis is illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and 11 in-text figures.
Next:
De Inauribus veterum syntagma. Title vignette, 9 in-text figures.
From Annulis narium. 1 figure.
WORM (Ole). De aureo cornu danico.
Antiquitatum veteris puerperii. Vignette on the title, 3 folding plates, 6 in-text figures.
- With the arms Julie-Lucie d'Angennes (1607-1671); she married in 1645 the Duke of Montausier "who had been looking for her for twelve years and who composed for her the famous "Guirlande de Julie" with the collaboration of the familiars of the Hotel de Rambouillet". She was governess of the Grand Dauphin and the Enfants de France, then Lady of Honour of the Queen.
OHR, pl. 451: specifies that the crowned figure with the interlaced initials C (Charles) and I (Julie) means that the volumes decorated with these irons must be attributed to both the Duchess of Montausier and her husband Charles de Sainte-Maure.
Qq freckles. Very rubbed relief, missing caps, very fragile upper hinges.
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