Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

55. TORY. Geoffroy. champ Fleury au quel est
contenu l’art et science de la deue proportion
des Lettres Antiques… et vulgairement Lettres
Romaines proportionnées… Paris, G.Tory et
Gilles de Gourmont, 1529, € 70.000
quarto, ll. (8), 80, roman type with several words in greek.
Binding in later full vellum. The volume is Illustrated with
116 extraordinary woodcuts of alphabetical letters and
14 full page alphabets. First edition, greatly scarce, of this
early text on French grammar, calligraphy and typography
at the beginnings of the XVI century. At the same time this
book is one of the most famous, original and rare illustrated
of the French Renaissance. A good copy. Mortimer, French
books, n.524. Brunet, V, 897-898. [5478]
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