(1585). DU VERDIER (Antoine) LA BIBLIOTHEQUE D'ANTOINE DU VE - Lot 392

(1585). DU VERDIER (Antoine) LA BIBLIOTHEQUE D'ANTOINE DU VERDIER, SEIGNEUR DE VAUPRIVAS contenant le catalog de tous ceux qui on escrit, ou traduict en Francois et autres dialectes de ce royaume, ensemble leurs oeuvres imprimées & non imprimées... Avec un discours sur les bonnes lettres servant de préface et à la fin un supplément pour l'Epitome de la bibliothèque de Gesner. Also contained are books whose authors are uncertain. Lyon, Barthelemy Honorat, 1585. 2 parts of [28]-1235 (fig. 1233)-[1]-[2] and 68-[2] pages, in 1 large folio volume, soft ivory vellum (contemporary binding). Antoine du Verdier (1554-1600), King's Councillor and Controller General of Lyon, built up one of the finest libraries in France and was one of the first bibliographers. This first edition was printed in Lyon by Jean d'Ogerolles in December 1584 for bookseller Barthélémy Honorat. The title of the second part is printed in a handsome frame and adorned with Honorat's mark, with the author's portrait on the verso. Stamp, a few freckles, a pristine copy from the library of professor and bibliophile Jean Bouhier (1673-1746), member of the Académie Française. (Ex-libris). (Rothschild III, n°2516) (USTC 1606) (Baudrier IV, 148).