[SCEVE (Maurice)]. HENRI II'S ENTRY INTO LYON. LA MAGNIFICIE - Lot 15

[SCEVE (Maurice)]. HENRI II'S ENTRY INTO LYON. LA MAGNIFICIENCE DE LA SUPERBE ET TRIUMPHANTE ENTREE de la noble et antique Cité de Lyon faicte au très chrestien Roy de France, Henry deuxième de ce nom et la Royne Catherine son épouse le XXIII de Septembre 1548. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1549. In-4° of 44 uncounted leaves, midnight blue morocco, interior gilt lace, gilt edges (Godillot). Extremely rare first edition of one of the most beautiful festival books published in the 16th century. The text was written by Maurice Scève, Claude de Taillemnt, Guillaume Du Choul and Barthélémy Aneau. The handsome illustration features large ornate lettering and 15 admirably large woodcuts based on drawings by Bernard Salomon, known as Petit Bernard. The latter show officers in costume, triumphal arches, street perspectives and even the royal galleys on the Rhône. ONE OF THE FINEST LYONNAIS BOOKS OF THE RENAISSANCE. A superb copy in a fresh binding by Marcel Godillot, a worker at Marot-Rodde in 1929 (Baudrier IX, 161-65, 36 ff.?) (USTC 27268, 4 ex.) (Brunet II, 996) (Mortimer French, n°201). Small restoration to title, two penciled characters.