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BEUTER, PEDRO ANTONIO.
Cronica Generale d’Hispagna, et del Regno
di Valenza.
Double-page woodcut map of the Iberian Peninsula. [72], 533, [3] pages,
including final leaf with printer’s device. 8vo, 155x96 mm, contemporary limp vellum with
calligraphic spine title in ink, rear joint cracked, surface imperfections on rear cover, ties
lacking; light dampstaining in lower inner corner of opening leaves, slightly rubbed mono-
gram stamp on title.
Venice: Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari, 1556
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN
of a history of Spain from biblical times to the 11th-century,
devoting particular attention to the Kingdom of Valencia. The first part was originally pub-
lished in Catalan in 1538, and the complete work in Spanish in 1546-51. The final chapters
deal with the Moorish conquest; on page 423, a discussion of Spaniards fleeing the invasion
notes that some were said to have reached Yucatán, which they settled and named New Spain.
Alden 556/6; Palau 28828.
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BIBLE IN FRENCH.)
La Bible en Francoys.
Woodcut vignette of St. Jerome
on title; large woodcut of the Creation on 2*6v; 129 column-width text woodcuts; wood-
cut historiated and criblé initials throughout. [12], 260; 46; 75, [3] leaves, including final
blank. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, 347x220 mm, contemporary Parisian tan calf bound
for Marcus Fugger, covers panelled in blind with gilt fleurons in corners and gilt Fugger
device (hand holding floral spray surmounted by bird) in center, expertly rebacked retain-
ing original spine with single gilt cinquefoil in compartments and manuscript vellum
lettering piece at top, circular stain on front cover; contents clean.
Lyon: (Jean Pidier and Nicolas Bacquenois for)
Guillaume Rouillé and Thibault Payen, 1547
[3,000/5,000]
Handsomely printed and profusely illustrated edition of Pierre-Robert Olivétan’s revision of the
translation by Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples. Baudrier IX, 135-37; Van Eys 57; this not in
Darlow & Moule.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF MARCUS FUGGER
,
BOUND FOR HIM
,
with his signature on the
front pastedown, passing by marriage and descent to the Öttingen-Wallerstein family, with their
stamp on the title. A prominent member of the great Augsburg banking family, Fugger (1529-
97)
formed a vast collection of books in wide-ranging fields. This volume is one of a substantial
group in bindings in a simple style commissioned by Fugger from an unidentified Parisian
workshop in the 1550s. Needham, Twelve Centuries of Bookbindings, pages 204-05.
