ROUILLE (G). PROMPTUARII ICONUM INSIGNIORUM a seculo hominum - Lot 27

ROUILLE (G). PROMPTUARII ICONUM INSIGNIORUM a seculo hominum, subjectis eorum vitis Editio secunda. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1578 (small label affixed). 2 parts in one vol. in-4° of [4]-4 ff.(chiff. 1 to 4)-5 to 172 p.-[4] and 315 (badly chiffr)-[8] pages, terra-cotta morocco, boards decorated with cold spandrels and a large central Renaissance motif, wide gilt lace, gilt edges (Bruyère). Lyon edition decorated with numerous medals by Corneille and woodcuts by Georges Reverdy. It was printed by P. Roussin, whose fleurons and typographic bands are often repeated. This edition was refreshed in 1581 by the application of boards bearing the new date; these are found in this copy. Very fine binding by Bruyère, a 19th-century bookbinder from Lyon (Baudrier IX, 386).