10th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Nostradamus (Michel) - Manuscript.
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties de Maistre Michel Nostradamus ou SeVoir represente tout requis S’est passe tant en France, Espagne, Italie, Alemagne, Angleterres, qu’autres Parties du monde. Reveues & Corrigees Suivant les Editions imprimees a Lyon L’an 1644 Et a Amsterdam L’an 1668. Avec La Vie de L’autheur. Et transcritter Sur quelles A. Metz En 1790.
Metz, 1790, ink manuscript on paper, [4], viii, [12], 162, [12], 163-266, [30], xxvii, xv pages, the first four pages (La Morte de Nostradamus) are tipped-in 19th century notes, later notes to front endpaper, worm track to inner margin affecting some letters, symbolic bookplate of Daniel Ruzo, Peruvian archaeologist and Nostradamus collector, worn French-style boards with cracked joints and leather spine label.
[The work of an unknown Metz scribe, the title page appears to copy the 1689 Cologne edition, the text follows that addition with some additions. One addition is ‘Explications Sur Les Centuries de …’ (27 pages, possibly original work) which ends with King Stanislas of Poland arriving at Luneville in 1748].
[Provenance - The Fred Gettings Library].
Estimated at £300 - £500
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 10th Apr, 2024
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