Le Livre du faulcon des dames - Lot 1

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Le Livre du faulcon des dames - Lot 1
Le Livre du faulcon des dames [Paris], [J. Nyverd or A. Lotrian], [c. 1530] a remarkable copy by the double baron, fairfax murray, schwerdt and jeanson. In-8 (121 x 78mm). Gothic typeface. 28 lines per page. Engraved headband and initial. The roundel on the verso of the title forms the acrostic "ISABEAU FAUCON". COLLATION: A-C8: 24 ff. ILLUSTRATION: woodcut title vignette depicting an armed valet (left) and a chambermaid (right) BINDING SIGNED BY BAUZONNET-TRAUTZ. Black morocco, gilded decoration, central finial with rose in an oval, small irons in the corners, framed with fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilded edges. PROVENANCE: Baron Léopold Double (1812-1881; bookplate) -- Gustave Chartener (1813-1884; bookplate) -- Bulletin Morgand, IV (1887) -- Charles Fairfax Murray (bookplate; London, 1918, no. 478) -- C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; London, July 11, 1939, no. 1692) -- Marcel Jeanson (bookplate with "1830" mark in ink; Monaco, March 1, 1987, lot 363, FF. 55,000 hammer) Hinge slightly rubbed Copies of this text are all rare, whatever the edition among the six listed by Bechtel. The text also appeared under the title of Faulcon damours. The last copy offered for sale (Bernis-Du Verne copy) was from an earlier edition than this one, bearing the title Faulcon damours, but was incomplete by two leaves. The preface notes the allegorical significance of this text, which alternates verse and prose, likening it to courtly love: "par le faulconnier ientens le gentil homme amoureux & par le faulcon la gente damoyselle dame en amours". BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC, 57782 -- Brunet III, 1128 -- Bechtel, F-61 (only copy cited) -- Thiébaud, 609 -- Schwerdt I, p. 318 -- Harting 140 (3)
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