Traicté des chiffres, ou, Secretes manieres d'escrire / par Blaise de Vigenere bourbonnois.
1587
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Title
Traicté des chiffres, ou, Secretes manieres d'escrire / par Blaise de Vigenere bourbonnois.
Created/published
A Paris : Chez Abel L'Angelier, au premier pillier de la grand' Salle du Palais, MDLXXXVII [1587]
Description
343 [i.e.331], [3] leaves, [5] double leaves of plates : ill. (woodcuts, engraving) ; 25 cm (4to)
Associated name
Vigenère, Blaise de, 1523-1596, author.
Séguier, Antoine, 1552-1624, dedicatee.
L'Angelier, Abel, active 1572-1609, printer.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Séguier, Antoine, 1552-1624, dedicatee.
L'Angelier, Abel, active 1572-1609, printer.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
Signatures: A-3C⁴ 3D² 3E-3Q⁴ 3R² 3T² 3X-4R⁴ 4S² ã². Signing extended to three plates: 3D3 3S1 3V1.
Title page printed in red and black.
Title vignette (printer's device).
Title page printed in red and black.
Title vignette (printer's device).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to foldout before p. 185.
Cited/described in
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, V-743
Galland p. 193
Galland p. 193
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Genre/form
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.
Item Details
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Z103 .V6 1587 Cage
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: gathering ã² lacking. In modern half calf over buckram boards; gilt spine title. Bookplate: Ex libris W.T. Smedley. Manuscript ownership inscriptions on leaf 2; underscoring.