Vaillant, Exposition de la prophetie testamentaire de Jacob, Paris, Robert Colombel, 1584, twentieth-century vellum

Vaillant, Clément. Exposition de la prophetie testamentaire de Jacob en Genese 49. La Sceptre ne sera point osté de Iudas, & le Duc de sa cuisse tant que ce- stuy qui doit estre enuoye, sera venu. Paris: Robert Colombel, 1584

First edition.

8vo (144 x 93 mm). Roman type, 30 lines. collation: A-B⁴ C²: 10 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials, ruled in red. (A few leaves lightly browned.)

binding: Twentieth-century vellum (150 x 102 mm). (Later endpapers.)

provenance: Probably Sotheby's London, 16-17 June 1980, lot 93 (part lot; "10 leaves, ruled in red, Aldine device on title, modern vellum boards, sm. 8vo"). acquisition: Purchased from E.K. Schreiber, New York, 1986. references: Not in Renouard; FB 50204; USTC 19067