Lot no. 225
MORALITÉ du mauvais riche et du ladre, for twelve characters. Paris, Silvestre, 1833. In-12, red morocco, triple fillet, spine decorated with small irons, interior lace, gilt edges (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Reprinted in an edition of 40 copies by A. Pinard at the expense of the Prince of Essling. It reproduces a very rare Gothic edition, printed in Paris around 1505-1510, based on the copy in the Bibliothèque royale (BnF, Rés. YF-2919), including the large woodcut title depicting Job on his dung heap. One of 10 numbered copies on Hollande paper, finely bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Bechtel, M-494.
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