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1613. FARNESE, Ottavio. Quaestiones definitae ex triplici Philosophia, Rationali, Naturali, Morali, in Parmensi Academia Publicè triduum disputatae ab Octavio Farnesio. [8], 374 i.e. 372, [8] pp. (including final blank), illustrated with engraved allegorical title, large folding dedicatory engraving to Pope Paul V (450 x 580 mm.), 75 figurative calligraphic woodcuts, 45 ornamental calligraphic woodcuts, 80 large historiated and/or decorative woodcut initials, final engraved printer's mark. Folio, 325 x 220 mm., bound in full seventeenth-century Italian vellum, gilt-tooled ornamental border on covers. Binding and tears on: title page, two pages and folding plate skillfully repaired. Small collection stamp on title page. Parmae: Ex typographia Antei Viothi, 1613. First and only edition of this calligraphic woodcut-illustrated book. The work was dedicated to the Borghese Pope Paul V. Exhibiting brilliance at the age of fourteen when this work was published, Ottavio Farnese's… Read More

2002. LALANNE, François-Xavier. Quelques Fables de La Fontaine. Illustrated with 19 etchings by François-Xavier Lalanne. Folio. 380 x 285 mm, loose as issued in publisher's wrappers and slipcase. Paris: Les Presses de Serendip, 2002. A pristine copy of this wonderful collection of some of La Fontaine's lesser know fables, including 'La Chatte métamorphosée en Femme', 'La Femme noyée', 'La Fortune et le Jeune Enfant', 'Le Mulet se vantant de sa généalogie', 'L'Amour et la Folie'. The illustrations are the work of Jean Francois Lalanne, half of the legendary duo known as Les Lalanne, although they rarely collaborated on individual pieces, and as here, François-Xavier preferred to create pieces inspired by the animal kingdom, while Claude favoured the botanical. One of 65 copies with each etching and the colophon initialed by Lalanne.