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OROSE (Paul). Opus prestantissimum [historiarum]. No place, no date [in the colophon]: Paris, Jean Petit, September 18, 1510. Gothic in-4, vellum with original endpapers (modern binding). A rare Gothic edition, published jointly by Jean Marchant and Jean Petit. (Moreau, vol. I, no. 168.) A rhetorical chronicle devoted to the calamities suffered by humankind since the Creation of the world, written by Paul Orose (c. 390–420), a theologian and disciple of Saint Augustine. Copy containing text underlined in pen and a few old handwritten notes in the margins. Engraved coat-of-arms ex-libris of Count Goblet d’Alviella, a Belgian politician. The last sheet (x6), bearing Jean Marchant’s printer’s mark on the reverse (reproduced in Renouard, no. 708), is missing. Faint water stains on several quires; a stain at the bottom of sheet d1.
Estimate:£342.95
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VERLAINE (Paul) — Poetic Works. Volume VII. Illustrations fr - Lot 288
10/04/2026
£6.78
Est: £12.75
OCT 8 | 3:00 PM
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FABRE (Jean-Henri). La Science de l'Oncle Paul. Entretiens f - Lot 90
10/04/2026
£14.42
Est: £42.51
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