Guinard, p. 51 ; Chomarat, 96 ; Benazra, 11 ; Ruzo, 21 ; see also : Jean Paul Barbier, Ma biblioth\u00e8que po\u00e9tique, part IV, pp. 445-462, for another edition at the same date (Guinard, p. 52 & Chomarat, 97) – Guinard locates 6 copies in institutional libraries (including one incomplete) and one in privat hands.<\/i><\/p>\n
Second complete edition of Nostradamus’ <\/span>Proph\u00e9ties<\/span><\/i>, of great rarity.<\/span><\/p>\n Most probably printed ca. 1571, the edition has recently been baptized “\u00c9dition A” by Patrice Guinard, who placed it second in his chronology of Nostradamus editions by Benoist Rigaud bearing the date of 1568. The great Peruvian Nostradamus specialist Daniel Ruzo did not own a copy, and Guinard locates only 6 copies : Lyon BM (incomplete) ; Lyon BM (Fonds Chomarat), Ch\u00e2teauroux BM, Heidelberg UB, Wroclaw BU Glowna, Firenze BN \u2013 to which one should the copy illustrated in Der Schl\u00fcssel zur Welt des Nostradamus by Ren\u00e9 Troyan (Stammham, Merano, 2003), “achet\u00e9 chez un libraire selon l’auteur. Estampille de biblioth\u00e8que visible au second livre” (Guinard).<\/p>\n Each part is illustrated with a fine woodcut vignette: part one depicts the sky with a sun, moon and five stars as well as sphere held by a hand emerging out of a cloud while another hand is measuring its surface (Chomarat, woodcut no. 2); the vignette of part two depicts Atlas carrying the celestial globe, with a seascape in the back ground (Chomarat, woodcut no. 4). Engraved initials, borders and a floral woodcut complete the ornamentation (Chomarat, woodcut no. 17).<\/p>\n The editions by Benoist Rigaud are highly important, especially concerning the establishment of the last three ‘centuries’ of the new preface which some believed to be apocryphal and of which no printed version is known to be published during the author’s lifetime. Patrice Guinard insists on the fact the first 942 quatrains are published here for the very first time (see: Revue fran\u00e7aise d’histoire du livre, n\u00b0 129, Nouvelle s\u00e9rie, 2008, pp. 9-142).<\/p>\n “En effet l’\u00e9dition lyonnaise de 1558 et son hypoth\u00e9tique r\u00e9plique parisienne sont aujourd’hui perdues, et les \u00e9ditions dites de 1568, dont la premi\u00e8re fut probablement imprim\u00e9e environ deux ans apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de Nostadamus, sont les premiers vestiges du texte originel, et probablement les plus fiables” (Guinard).<\/p>\n Text slightly browned, small restoration to leaf G5 without loss.<\/p>\n Very good copy in its first binding.<\/p>\n Provenance: 17th century signature inside the first cover “di fran[cesco] Bulgarini” : possibly Cardinal Francesco Bulgarini, member of an important Roman family – “Cesare Campori” (19th century printed book-plate).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 parts in one volume, 16mo (115 x 76 mm) 125 pp. (with title), one blank leaf for part one; 76 pp. (with title) for part two. Contemporary flexible vellum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[550],"product_tag":[1317],"class_list":{"0":"post-78351","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-science","7":"product_tag-astrology","8":"pa_auteur-nostradamus-michel-de-nostredame-2","9":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Michel de Nostredame NOSTRADAMUS","chapeau":"The very rare edition of the Proph\u00e9ties printed by Benoist Rigaud","adresse_bibliographique":"Lyon, Benoist Rigaud, 1568","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n