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[At the end :] Cy finist ce present Livre, avec Laddition de Treze diverses facos de Lettres, Et la manière de faire Chiffres pour Bagues dor, ou autrement. Qui fut acheve dimprimer Le mercredy. xxviij. Iour du Mois Dapuril. Lan Mil Cincq cens. XXIX. Pour Maistre Geofroy Tory de Bourges… Et pour Giles Gourmont aussi Libraire demorant au dict Paris… [28 avril 1529]. Small folio [245 x 169 mm] of (8) and (80) leaves, slight restoration in the margin of the title-page, red morocco, decoration with small tools inside gilt fillets, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt inner border, gilt edges. Binding signed by Chambolle-Duru around 1865.
" Rare and much sought-after first edition of this brilliant work, the masterpiece of G. Tory and one of the most beautiful books of all times. It is illustrated with xylographic reproductions of the various alphabets, writing models, flowered letters, interlaced figures and numerous woodcut figures. " (Jacques Guérin).
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