Author: (Valade, Pierre). Corrozet, Gilles
Title: La Fleur Des Antiquitez de Paris. Preface de Francois Boucher. Illustrations de Pierre Valade. Bois Graves de Gilbert Poilliot
Description: Paris: Aux Editions de l'Ibis, 1945. 1945. Paris: Aux Editions de l'Ibis, 1945. 1945. Very good. - Octavo, loose signatures laid into cream wraps titled in black within a decorative color frame on the front wrap, in original glassine. The book is laid into a gray cardboard folding case with a printed label on the spine & is additionally housed in a gray cardboard slipcase. The glassine is somewhat darkened. The spine of the folding case is slightly darkened with tears to the head & the printed label is darkened & slightly chipped. The slipcase is slightly darkened & lightly rubbed with the top panel lacking. There are tears to the head of its spine & to the bottom panel. 137 & [1] pages plus colophon, partially unopened. Illustrated in color by Pierre Valade with a full-page pictorial title for each chapter, textual illustrations, vignettes & pictorial initials. Near fine in a good folding case & a fair slipcase.

Number 495 of a limited ediiton of 945 copies. The text was originally published in 1533.

The list of illustrations [pages 137-138] has been misplaced and appears between pages 8 and 9 of the text. Very good .

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS; PIERRE VALADE; GILBERT POILLIOT; TRAVEL; HISTORY; FRANCE; PARIS; ANTIQUITIES; SIXTEENTH CENTURY; 16TH CENTURY; GILLES CORROZET; FRANCOIS BOUCHER; LIMITED EDITION.

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