Jacques Gazeau mentioned on t.p., Jean Barbé's widow and heirs in colophon

First complete French ed.; see Mortimer

Port. on t.p., repeated beneath colophon. Illus. in part by Jean Goujon. The remainder are mostly copied from Giovanni Giocondo's cuts for Tacuino's Venice ed. of 1511, with 11 after Gottardo de Ponte's Como ed. of 1521; see Mortimer. Decorated initials

"Declaration des noms propres et motz difficiles contenvz en Vitrvve," ³A1r-³D2v. Goujon's concluding epistle to readers, ³D3r-³D5r

Signatures: A ²A-Z Aa-Cc ³A-D

Getty copy lacks Cc6 and ³D6 (both blank). The single-leaf extension intended to be tipped onto the foredge of F5 and folded has been bound in following F6

Mortimer, R. French 16th cent.

Binding: 19th-century marbled paper, half calf. Author in gilt on red spine label, date at foot. The edges red. Brown silk place marker

Centered on front pastedown is label of Hermann Degering. Centered on 3rd front free endpaper recto is label of Sir Charles Dance, and above it is pencilled signature of John Orlando Parry, dated May 25th 1839

Illus. by Jean Goujon

"Svr Vitrvve [par] Ian Govion": leaves [21]-[23] at end

Jacques Gazeau mentioned on t.p., Jean Barbé's widow and heirs in colophon

Signatures: A⁴ ²A-Z⁶ Aa-Cc⁶ ³A-D⁶

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 710

155, [23] leaves 37 cm

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