Fairfax-Murray, 57; McFarlane, 182; Renouard-Moreau, 1504, 19; Rothschild, III, 2583 (for the first edition published only a few months earlier.<\/i><\/p>\n
Second edition, very rare, equally undated , published only a short while after the first.
This is the first book by Jean Bouchet, who came from a family of jurists in Poitiers and enjoyed the protection of great local lords: he was attached to the house of La Tr\u00e9moille.
Although undated, we can affirm that this volume was printed between 1503 and 1504 according to the first verses of the author, who was born in Poitiers in 1476 and presents himself as follows:<\/p>\n
“Jeune suis et nay pas des ans trente
Non vingt et huyt, touteffoys ie me vante
Davoir plus veu que ie ne dy ne compte”.<\/p>\n
[I am a young lad, just under 30, not quite28 anymore \/ I have pride to have lived a fuller life than other people of my age].<\/p>\n
The book is illustrated with 42 magnificent woodcuts: the first series of 11 woodcuts was executed especially for this book. The other woodcuts had already been used by V\u00e9rard for other publications.
Title with old expert restoration at the top and in the corner, touching some letters, however a fine copy with wide margins, some with deckle edges.<\/p>\n
Provenance: Ch. Butler, Edouard Rahir (his collection sale, II, n\u00b0 268), Silvain Brunschwig (28 March 1955, n\u00b0 340), Paul Harth, (20 November 1985, n\u00b0 24); Otto Sch\u00e4fer (27 June 1995, n\u00b0 40).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4to (211 x 151 mm) 138 unn.ll. Ninteenth-century brown morocco by Lortic Fils, covers decorated with blind and gilt filets, gilt central and corner pieces, inner dentelle, gilt edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1238,1243],"class_list":{"0":"post-79679","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-16th-century-illustrations","8":"product_tag-16th-century-literature","9":"pa_auteur-bouchet-jean-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Jean BOUCHET","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Antoine V\u00e9rard, vers 1504","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n