Ships/Colors. BAYF. De re Navali and other wo... Lot n° 42

BAYF, Lazare; de. De re Navali. Bound with: Vestimentorum.Bound with: De Auro & Argento.Bound with: De cloribus.Basel, H. Frobenius, 1541. 8vo, 205x150 mm. Coeval bind. p. perg. floscia, tit. mss. on spine; pp. 323 (incl. frontispiece), (9); Brand typogr. xyl. to frontispiece and endpapers. 37 xyl. of various sizes. Moisture veiling to a few pages and traces of foxing. Rare figured edition, bringing together Bayfus's three major works, covering ships, fishing clothing and ancient vessels, as well as Thylesius's treatise on colors (from p. 305). 8vo, 205x150 mm. Contemporary full smooth vellum, title written on the back; pp. 323 (incl. title page), (9); Printer's device on title page, 37 woodcuts of various sizes. Waterstain in some pages, traces of foxing. Rare illustrated edition, which brings together the three most important works by Bayfus, which concerns ships, fishing, clothing and ancient vases, as well as Thylesius's treatise on colors (from p. 305).