Sale 2683 - Lot 110
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Sale 2683 - Lot 110
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700
Montalvo, Garci RodrÃguez de (c. 1450-1505)
Le Troisieme [et Quatrieme] Livre de Amadis de Gaule.
Paris: Estienne Groulleau, 1555.
Two parts in one octavo volume, woodcut printer's device to each title page; nicely illustrated throughout with a suite of over 30 finely executed woodcuts with some cuts repeated and four full-paged; bound in full contemporary blind-tooled and gilt stamped calf, rebacked and re-edged, new endleaves (early ownership inscriptions to flyleaves; some water staining, final blank present, F8 in first work opened ineptly with a torn corner; nicely preserved overall); purchased from Quaritch in 1991; 6 3/4 x 4 in.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
Le Troisieme [et Quatrieme] Livre de Amadis de Gaule.
Paris: Estienne Groulleau, 1555.
Two parts in one octavo volume, woodcut printer's device to each title page; nicely illustrated throughout with a suite of over 30 finely executed woodcuts with some cuts repeated and four full-paged; bound in full contemporary blind-tooled and gilt stamped calf, rebacked and re-edged, new endleaves (early ownership inscriptions to flyleaves; some water staining, final blank present, F8 in first work opened ineptly with a torn corner; nicely preserved overall); purchased from Quaritch in 1991; 6 3/4 x 4 in.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.