TAILLEVENT. Le Viandier de Guillaume Tirel dit Taillevent. P - Lot 429

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TAILLEVENT. Le Viandier de Guillaume Tirel dit Taillevent. P - Lot 429
TAILLEVENT. Le Viandier de Guillaume Tirel dit Taillevent. Paris, Techener, 1892. In-8, red morocco, gilt framed with various fillets and scrolls furnished with bird irons, in the center a gilt tree bearing an armorial crest, spine decorated, interior framed, gilt edges with witnesses, untrimmed (Chambolle-Duru), modern havana morocco case and plexiglas covers. False title, title, (1) f., lxviii pp., 297 pp., (19) pp. First reference edition, established by Baron Pichon and Georges Vicaire, from the manuscript of the Bibliothèque nationale, with the variants of the manuscripts of the Bibliothèque Mazarine and the Archives de la Manche. It is decorated with 8 illustrations, in and out of the text: tomb (in the museum of Saint-Germain-en-Laye), buckets, facsimiles, woodcuts. Edition at 350 copies. A unique copy on vellum, with full margins, printed for Baron Jérôme Pichon (1812-1896), author and president of the Société des Bibliophiles françois. Luxuriously bound with his coat of arms, and decorated with the special iron with bird, mark of Baron Pichon, this unique copy is complete with the Supplement (Manuscript of the Vatican Library) and is enriched with several plates out of text: - an original drawing and 6 original pencil sketches by Guerrier, of Taillevent's tomb in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. - 2 photographs of this tomb. - 3 additional engravings of this tomb. - 2 watercolor drawings representing a miniature. Attached at the beginning of the volume a bill dated May 10 (18)91 (one p. in-8), signed Lignerolles: this great bibliophile recommends: "My dear friend, Print your copy of Taillevent. Have a page or two photographed in your presence if you wish, but in your presence - and without you giving up the book, a misfortune happens so quickly! All yours, Lignerolles". A few rare stains. Small scratch on the second board, tiny stains. Minimal rubbing to the headpieces and a cracked spine. Stamp with crowned figure AGV, repeated. Ex-libris with the motto of Baron Pichon ("Memor fui dierum antiquorum ps. CXLII"). Olivier, pl. 600. with variants - Oberlé, Fastes, 51.
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