[Lyon : Balthazard de Gabiano] 1510
Vol 1 only.
[28] 438 fol (error in pagination, fol 71 & fol 72 repeated)
Last two pages supplied in copy approaching the original. Page height 170mm.
Ref: Baudrier, Bibliographie Lyonnaise, (Paris 1964) 7th Series p. 24-25.
Rebound in modern full calf with blindstamped ornaments. Gauffered edges gilt, inscribed in large Gothic lettering "Jo * de Lyon / vicit Leo de * tribu / Juda *" Notes inserted indicating that the book comes from the library of Richard Heber.
VII, 56, 191 (= fol 149v sq) deals with the inventors of human ingenuity, and has very old ink underlining and a few ink notes in the margin. One or two bookworms have taken their share.
The following libraries have copies of this title:
Poitiers: BU Droit Lettres, Vol 1 only
Lyon: Bibliotheque municipal, Vol 1 only
UCLA: Z233.A41 P71h 1510
Yale: Beinecke
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (non-uniform set)
Bancroft Library
John Rylands
None of these report gauffered edges.
Aldines occasionally display decorated, gauffered or gilt edges. This is a unique copy because the name of the owner was inscribed (gauffered) on the edge, as is confirmed by his own signed and dated (1512) inscription on the title page. This inscription makes the book a present for a named friend (Joanni poligrapho Anglico). It is furthermore of great interest that the named person is also attested through independent documents relating to the history of the University of Paris in the early years of the 16th Century.Price: [please inquire]