JACQUES DE VORAGINE. - Lot 29

JACQUES DE VORAGINE. Sermones aurei & pulcherimi de te(m)pore per totum anni circulu(m)... Paris : François Regnault, 1533. - In-8, blond calf, triple gilt fillet framing, crowned numerals in the corners and gilt arms in the center of the boards, ornate ribbed spine, speckled edges (late 17th or early 18th century binding). New edition of this collection of sermons by Jacques de Voragine, based on the 1528 edition. It was printed on two columns in small Gothic type by François Regnault, whose fine mark appears on the verso of the last leaf. The illustration includes a fine woodcut frame around the title and a full-page woodcut. This copy bears the coat of arms of Louis-Urbain Lefèvre de Caumartin (1653-1720), a member of the Paris Parliament, State Councillor and Intendant of Finances under the reign of Louis XIV. It later came into the possession of his brother Jean-François-Paul le Febvre de Caumartin (1668-1733), and was included in the sale catalog of his library in 1735. The gilded monogram at the corners has not been identified. The copy also has old handwritten bookplates on the title and several old annotations, most of which have been cropped by the binder. Covers missing, a few stains on boards, corners dulled. Light spotting. Restoration to folio ++3. Provenance: Old handwritten bookplates on title. - Louis-Urbain Lefèvre de Caumartin, with his coat of arms on the boards. - Jean-François-Paul le Febvre de Caumartin, bishop of Blois, with his bookplate (Cat. 1735, no. 920). - A.J. Moignon (cat. 1877, no. 64).