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Lutetiae Parisiorum [Lutetia Paris]: Apud Viduam Simonis Benard, via Jacobea e regione Collegii Soc. Jesu. 1688. Very Good. Item #32092
Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]: Apud Viduam Simonis Benard [a.k.a. Marie Benard], via Jacobea e regione Collegii Soc. Jesu., 1688. Fifth Edition. 12mo; contemporary calf, gilt spine in five compartments; 233,[1]pp.; head and tail pieces; twenty-four (24) engraved emblems. Light wear to edges with shallow loss at spine ends. Binding sound. Bookplate of "C.T. Noel du Payrat" to front pastedown; interior else unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy of a scarce title, originally published in 1680 and including "Lysimachis," "Panygyrici," "Symbola Heroica" with many emblems referring to persons associated with the Court of of Louis XIV. Published by Parisian printer Marie Benard, the widow of Simon Benard. She went on to publish works for nearly twenty-five years, through 1712, though we find little biographical information about her beyond her house's publications. .
Price: $250.00