Historiarum Memorabilium ex Genesi descriptio per Gulielmum Paradinum; Historiarum Memorabilium ex Exodo, sequentibusq; libris descriptio, Per Gulielmum Borluyt by Gulielmum Paradinum; Gulielmum Borluyt - 1558

Lugduni [Lyon] : Ioan Tornaesium, 1558 An extremely rare early work comprising verse on sections of Genesis and of Exodus bound together with extensive woodcut illustrations by Bernard Saloman, a french painter, draftsman and engraver. In part contemporary binding with leather over wooden boards, with a supplementary leather 'folder' binding probably from the 1800's to protect it. With blank leaves interwoven which have been filled with annotations from the various owners - including some musical notation and an ink drawing. 230 illustrations/designs. The book was initially owned by Joannes-Daniel Baro, Winnenberg. There is a coloured armorial device pasted inside the front board and some note pages that look to have been authored by him. From our research he looks to have been a Justice/local official. There is ownership marking from Antonius Thonnar Prior, Pastor Stabulensis, 28 January 1749. Numerous other owners have made notes - some scholarly, some reflective, some of the 'I am practising writing' variety. Most notes are in latin, with some greek. Extensive work was done in the 1800's probably by Arthur Dalrymple whose armorial bookplate is on the inside of the newer leather folder (which has marbled paper, blind stamping to the boards and red title labels). This work replaced the spine and recovered the wooden boards. The original leather was then laid over and from what remains, it clearly had an elaborate gold design and a large crest in the middle of the front board. Internally new endpapers were added and some pages repaired or reinforced. There are 2 title pages for the works, both dated 1558. The binding and folder are in good to very good condition. The folder is a little worn and the binding is missing a small bit of leather - but the folder has clearly done its job to protect it. The contents have some browning and obviously a lot of annotation - mostly on the notes pages. Some of the pages are becoming very fragile; one has a section cut out without loss of text; and some are cropped but again do not appear to have lost text. Some images will be posted with this listing, but we will be happy to provide more on request as the nature of this work makes it difficult to describe fully.