SENEQUE. - Lot 105

SENEQUE. [Signed binding] SENEQUE. Des Bienfaits, de la Version de Me François de Malherbe, Gentil-homme ordinaire de la Chambre du Roy. A Paris, chez Antoine de Sommaville, 1639, in-16 bound in full red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt crowned numerals, gilt edges, interior gilt roulette. Signed binding by Trautz-Bauzonnet (1863), with the figure of Count Alexandre de Lurde. Illustrated with an engraved portrait. Provenance: Libraries of Comte Alexandre de Lurde, and of Baron de Ruble, his nephew (and heraldic ex-libris with his arms and cipher set against those of his uncle). First edition of this translation. A fine copy. Count Alexandre-Louis-Thomas de Lurde (1800-), a renowned connoisseur of fine antiquarian books, specialized in first editions and well-bound works, notably by Bauzonnet or his son-in-law and successor Trautz, and sought only copies in perfect condition.