Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs, et Les statues de Callistrate

The Eikonĕs are associated with the four sophists of the Philostratus family of Lemnos, who lived 2nd-3rd century A.D.; see Oxford companion to classical literature. The first series has been uncertainly attributed to Philostratus the Athenian, the second to Philostratus the Lemnian Brunet notes that this translation was first published in Paris, 1578 (4to). The illustrated folio ed. was first published there in 1609 by Cl. Cramoisy, followed by the ed. of Abel l'Angelier's widow in 1614 or 1615. In the present copy the engraved t.p. date of 1614 has been altered in the plate to 1615, while the "Extraict des registres de Parlement" naming Abel l'Angelier and Matthieu Guillemot is dated 28 Nov. 1609, and the colophon on p. 921 is dated 2 Jan. 1614 First leaf is engraved t.p. Some of the engraved ill. are signed by Léonard Gaultier or Thomas de Leu after Antoine Caron. Others are signed by Jaspar Isaac alone. Ill. on p. 9 is dated 1613, that on p. 873 is dated 1609. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; one frequently occuring head-piece is signed PC. Grotesque and foliated initials Signatures: pi1 ã⁸ A-3R⁶ 3S⁶(3S1+'3S1') 3T-4C⁶ 4D⁶(4D4+'4D4') 4E-G⁶ 4H⁴ 4I-4L⁶ 4M⁶(-4M6). Page nos. 757-758, 873-874 repeated, 833-834 omitted Includes index Brunet Binding: 18th-century mottled calfskin, rehinged. Gold tooling along margins of boards and on spine, author & title on red spine label in gilt. Page edges red On front pastedown is 19th-century bookplate with crest and cornet in a garter of Stanley, Earl of Derby; cf. Franks 27891 and 27892