Petit (Samuel) Variarum. 1633

Petit (Samuel) Variarum Lectionum Libri IIII,first edition, device on title, marginal tear to Ee1, little staining, light browning, small bookplate printed in gold, ownership stamp on free endpaper, eighteenth-century calf, spine gilt, covers with arms of Jacques Auguste de Thou, rubbed, joints & corner repaired, damage to foot of front cover, 4to, Paris, Carolus Morellus, 1633.

***Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), statesman, historian and one of the greatest book collectors of his day. The arms used on this book are of de Thou and his second wife, and were used by his widow and sons on books added to his collection after his death..