OSORIO. - Lot 98

OSORIO. Hieronymus Osorius of Lusitania, *De gloria*, 5 books. Dedicated to John III, King of Lusitania. By the same author, *De nobilitate ciuili et christiana*, 5 books Basel, published by Pertum Pernam (Petrus Perna), 1576. In-12, endpapers, title page, woodcut initials with figures, (3) folios of dedicatory epistle, (14) folios of index, 511 pp. Stamped vellum (arabesques and pomegranates) on wooden boards with period metal clasps, ribbed spine, traces of an old handwritten title (the vellum is slightly dulled with a few stains, some water stains, and oxidation, though these are not very pronounced) The Portuguese humanist and theologian Jerónimo Osório One of the editions In 1576, a famous edition of his philosophical treatise entitled *De gloria: libri quinque* (*On Glory: Five Books*) was published. This work is dedicated to King John III of Portugal (indicated in the full Latin title by the phrase “ad Ioannem tertium Lusitaniae regem”) flowers and arabesques. Handwritten ex libris from the period bearing the title “Christophori Reckhÿ (or Keckhÿ), a student, professor, or pastor from the Rhine region (Switzerland, Alsace, Baden-Württemberg)” Personal library of a Swiss scholar No copies in the CCFr. Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of bookbindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.