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Lot 1368: L'étymologie ou Explication des proverbes françois, divisée en trois livres par chapitres en forme de dialogue. Avec une table de tous les proverbes contenus en ce traicté.

Est: €170 EUR - €250 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumOctober 09, 2021

Item Overview

Description

In-8° : [8]-363-[20] pp. (pet. rousseurs ou piqûres, rares cahiers lég. brunis, pet. taches pp. 193-194, claire mouill. dans la marge inf. des pp. 229-232). - Première édition, une édition "beaucoup moins complète" (cfr Brunet) avait déjà paru en 1653 sous le titre de "Premiers essais de proverbes [...]". Parmi les 400 proverbes expliqués, citons : "faire la lèche fritte", "ce sont deux culs dans une chemise", "mettre un verre de vin en prison", "les mots terminans en ique font au [sic] médecins la nique", "s'amuser à la moutarde" et "il vaut miex [sic] estree oisif que de ne rien faire". - Réf. Brunet I:757 (mentionne un f. dépl. devant se trouver au bas de la p. 49). - Prov. [Georges Petit].

Artist or Maker

Date

1656

Condition Report

Maroquin vert à grain long signé R.P. Ginain, plats cernés d'un encadrement fleuronné doré, d'une roulette int. à froid et ornés d'un grand fleuron losangé au centre, dos orné doré et à froid à nerfs, roul. perlée sur les coupes, doublures et gardes de soie moirée rose ornée d'un encadrement fleuronné doré, remplis cernés d'un triple filet doré orné de pet. fleurons aux angles, tr. dorées (lég. us. aux coiffes et dos, dos lég. passé).

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

Extra costs for packaging, payment, insurance and/or mailing are at the buyer's expense. Packing and handling is at the entire risk of the buyer. The auctioneer is not responsible for any accidents or faults or omissions by the postal or carrier services.

Auction Details

Day 3 - Manuscripts, archives, atlas, rare books

by
Arenberg Auctions
October 09, 2021, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

25.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
€0€49€5
€50€199€10
€200€399€20
€400€999€50
€1,000€1,999€100
€2,000€3,999€200
€4,000€9,999€500
€10,000€19,999€1,000
€20,000€69,999€2,000
€70,000+€5,000

Auction - Terms of sale

The purchaser shall pay, strictly cash, the hammer price, in €, together with a premium of 25 %, eventually plus the resale tax, if applicable: 4 % for hammer prices from € 2000 on, only for original art and if the author died less than 70 years ago.
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Shipping Terms

Extra costs for packaging, payment, insurance and/or mailing are at the buyer's expense. Packing and handling is at the entire risk of the buyer. The auctioneer is not responsible for any accidents or faults or omissions by the postal or carrier services.