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April 80
Paris - P. Proute
200F = $48.20
La Sixtiesme aage
Chap XXIX
Alixandre mamess
See #80
La Mer des Histoires [French]
Paris ; Pierre Le Rouge
I) July 1488 II Feb. 1488/89
Ref Goff R 346 BMC VIII 109
Cop Ch L , P.M.L. Folio . See # 80
Universal history is divided, asin Eusbius, according to \ Marcus Aurelius
the epochs of Hebrew history. Our own epoch, which began - the birth \ (161-180 A.D.)
of Christ , is the 6th & last, for the periods of history correspond
to the days of Creation , & as God rested on the 7th day so will
the 7th period witness the Triumph of the heavenly city
& the eternal rest of its citizens (Augustine - City of God)
(in French)
{3rd ed. Antoine Verard - Paris -{ l'ouvrage est continue jusqu'au
{et la plus belle { 10 Aug. 1500.
The lower border shows a reference letter & 2 blank scutcheons
For the armorial bearings of the eventual owner.
- Pierre LeRouge - a native of Chablis. (396 x 280 mm)
A.M.Hind - a monk seated writing - at f.44, verse , within single border-line
measuring 70 x 60m. Another cut of a monk seated writing ,slightly
larger & within triple border lines (95 x 77 mm) done in a more
detailed setting occurs at f. 42 & elsewhere ,& was repeated in
Verards' Art de bien Mourir of 1492 , & in various other booke.
- the number of blocks used is far less than the number of
illustrations , for the prints throughout the work.
in many different positions throughout the work.