BILLAUT (Adam). The Ankles of Me Adam, Carpenter... Lot 22
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BILLAUT (Adam). The Ankles of Me Adam, Carpenter of Nevers. Paris, Toussainct Quinet, 1644.
Small in-4 granite calf with gilt coat of arms in the center of the boards, spine decorated, gilt title, speckled edges (period binding).
Beautiful engraved portrait in intaglio placed in the frontispiece, representing Adam Billaut, the "Virgil with a plane". 28, (8), 100, (8), 315 pp.
With the arms of LA MICHODIERE (Burgundy), with its motto ("sequar assequar"). Handwritten bookplate of the same on the title.
Tiny tear on a headband, good copy. Expert Jean-Louis Beauvais.
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