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BAIF, LAZARE DE.: LAZARI BAYFII ANNOTATIONES IN LEGEM II. DE CAPTIVIS, ET POSTLIMINIO REVERSIS: IN QUIBUS TRACTATUR DE RE NAVALI.
Basileae,1537. Eiusdem annotationes in tractatum De auro & argento legato, quibus Vestimentorum & Vasculorum genera explicantur. His omnibus imagines ab antiquissimis monumentis desumptas ad argumenti declaratione subiunximus. Item Antonii Thylesii De Coloribus libellus, a coloribus vestium non alienus. Early edition, Latin text with some Greek quotations, Basileae, apud Hier. Frobenium et Nic. Episcopium, 1537. Small 4to, 210 x 150 mm, 8½ x 6 inches, 23 large woodcuts of ancient ships of which 18 full page or almost full page (3 are duplicates), 3 large woodcuts of ancient costumes and 7 woodcuts of ancient vases, printer's device on title page and on colophon, 4 large historiated initials, pages 323, (9) - index, as in all copies there is a jump in pagination from page 299 to 305, bound in quarter leather over marbled boards, rebacked with original chipped backstrip laid down, this last gilt decorated and with the original gilt lettered morocco label, slightly chipped. Corners worn with cardboard showing, inner paper hinges neatly repaired, endpapers have some private library markings, likewise a few numbers crossed through at top of title page, narrow strip of pale damp staining at foot of first 8 pages, small light ink smudge in 1 lower margin just affecting text with no loss of legibility, plus 3 ink letters in same margin, occasional light foxing to margins, small pale stain to a couple of margins, pale damp stain to lower margin of last 6 pages of text, small wormhole to lower margin of last 6 pages of index. Binding tight and firm. A good sound copy of an early maritime book. Lazare de Baif (1496-1547) was a French humanist and diplomat, who studied in Rome and served as French ambassador to Venice and Germany. De Re Navali is a history of ancient ships and naval warfare based on classic works. The other two antiquarian monographs are on classical dress and vases. The final brief work by Antonio Teselio was the first printed treatise on colours, originally published in 1528. Our book was first published in 1536 in Paris and was edited by Charles Estienne who wrote the foreword to the reader in the original. Charles was the brother of the printer of the Paris 1536 edition, Robert Estienne, whose first illustrated publication this was. Horblit, Early Science, Navigation & Travel, No.74. Images sent on request.
Offered for GBP 1200.00 = appr. US$ 1782.00 by: Roger Middleton - Book number: 4433