Beschreibung:

Du Choul (Guillaume). Discours de la Religion des Anciens Romains, de la castrametatio et discipline militaire d'iceux, des bains et antiques exercitations Grecques et Romaines, 2 parts in one, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1581, 2 title-pages with engraved printer's device, first title with ownership name in early manuscript, numerous letterpress engravings, some full-page, occasional light toning and spotting, hinges neatly repaired, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, red sprinkled edges, 18th century calf (pitted), rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with: Rouillé (Guillaume of Lyons), Primera Parte del Promptuario de las Medallas de todos los mas insignes varones que ha auido desde el principio del mundo, con sus vidas contadas brevemente, traduzido agora nuouamente por Iuan Martin Cordero ... Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1561, letterpress title within decorative woodcut border (browned, with short tear and hole in blank fore-edge and with contemporary annotations, some obliterated), numerous letterpress engravings, some contemporary marginalia (trimmed in places) and underlining in brown ink, browned and spotted, lower margins stained, *5-c8 with worm trail at head of blank gutter margin, marbled endpapers, hinges splitting, front free endpaper detached, early 18th century cat's paw calf gilt, rubbed and extremities worn, with slight loss to spine ends, joints cracking, and corners showing, 4to in 8s, Giovio (Paolo Bishop of Nocera, the Elder), Le Sententiose Imprese di Monsignor Paulo Giovio, et del Signor Gabriel Symeoni, ridotte in rima per il detto Symeoni, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1561, title-page with printer's woodcut device, trimmed and window-mounted, numerous wood-engravings on letterpress, some toning and soiling, b3-c1 and m2/3 stained (latter with a few consequent small holes), bound with Symeone (Gabriel), Dialogo Pio et Speculativo; con diverse sentenze Latine & volgari, Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1560, title-page with printer's woodcut device, letterpress wood-engravings, occasional contemporary marginalia in brown ink, scattered spotting and marks, final 2 gatherings with brown stain to upper margin, M1-S2 with worm trail in blank gutter margin, 19th century vellum, lightly dust-soiled, with leather spine label relaid from earlier binding, 4to (Qty: 3)