Apologie pour Hérodote, satire de la société au XVIe siècle. Par Henri Estienne. Nouvelle édition, faite sur la première et augmentée de remarques par P. Ristelhuber, avec trois tables

Paris: C. Motteroz (Paris), for Isidore Liseux, 1879     ¶ BEST EDITION, only issue, of this celebrated trove of sixteenth-century manners and customs, compiled ostensibly to buttress the credibility of Herodotus but with a mind as well to satirizing modern institutions, not least the Roman Catholic Church. "Voici enfin une édition digne du grand libre-penseur du XVIe siècle: nous aimons à croire qu'elle sera considérée par tour les lettrés délicats comme l' ÉDITION DÉFINITIVE." (Brunet / Deschamps.)  Chapter 13, we notice, is devoted to sodomy and le 'péché contre nature', with remarks as well on transvestites and 'tribades' (i.178): The latter is said to be the earliest occurrence of the word tribade in French, preceding its appearance in English by some thirty-five years. A lovely set.   ||| Collation: Two volumes in 4s (196 × 128 mm), paginated [i-v] vi-xlviii [1-3] 4-431 [432], [1-5] 6-505 [506-508], including the colophon-leaf at end. Titles printed in red and black, fine wood-engraved initials, wood-engraved and typographical head- and tailpieces throughout.  Illustration: One type-facsimile.  Binding: Fine old three-quarter red morocco gilt extra, marbled sides, marbled endpapers, 1 + 1 wove flyleaves, top-edges gilt, others untrimmed, by Vauterin(?), preserving the original printed VELLUM WRAPPERS bound in.  Condition: Very good, extremities slightly worn, the vellum wrappers somewhat foxed.  References: Brunet / Deschamps (1878-80) ii 1021-23 qv; OCLC 04275530..  Provenance: Beatrice Reiter Leval (1911-2004), of New York, picture-collector (Christie's New York, 4-5 May 2005, nos. 8-14 &c).   ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below.  Pour plus de précisions, veuillez contacter Jay Dillon  Rare Books + Manuscripts, comme ci-dessous..