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Lot 276: ESTIENNE, CHARLES.

Est: £700 GBP - £1,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 09, 2005

Item Overview

Description

De nutrimentis, ad Baillyum, libri tres. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1550

Condition Note: 8vo (170 x 107mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, later calf-backed boards, very slight spotting and staining, extremities rubbed

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES

Simon, BG 608; Simon, BB ii, 230; Vicaire col.344; Renouard, Estienne, p.76
CATALOGUE NOTE

first edition. Estienne's tract includes a chapter on wines ancient and modern. Bailly was president of the Chambre des Comptes.

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