VORAGINE Jacques de, trad. VIGNAY Jean de :

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VORAGINE Jacques de, trad. VIGNAY Jean de :
La legende doree en francoys newly printed. Small in-folio full cream vellum, smooth spine, title on burgundy leather, gold lettering. Impr. Lyon Jehan de la Place November 7, 1518, Ed. Etienne Gueynard alias Pinet. RARE Lyon printing in French (we have not found an equivalent copy) and in gothic characters, in two columns of 46 lines. Numerous historiated letters, 18 pages with framing friezes and 10 woodcuts representing biblical scenes. Some yellowed leaves otherwise fresh inside. Wet stamps of the major seminary of Grenoble. Two handwritten notes on the title page "Souvenir de Mgr Pierre Chatrouse, évêque de Valence mort le samedi 16 mai 1854, donné par sa sœur Mme Henriette", the second a commentary on this great classic: "Livre plus curieux qu'utile; plus singulier qu'édifiant; écrit avec plus de simplicité que de jugement; plus de naïveté que de réserve. Forced etymologies; narratives little chastened (sic) and presenting dangerous images, apocryphal stories, etc."
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