Galenus, De usu partium corporis humani libri XVII, Lyon, 1550, contemporary Parisian tan morocco gilt, Marcus Fugger copy

GALENUS, CLAUDIUS. Cl. Gal. de usu partium corporis humani, libri XVII. Nicolao Regio Calabro interprete, ex plurium Graecorum exemplarium collatione castigatiores quam unquam alias. Lyon: (Philibert Rollet for) Guillaume Rouillé, 1550

Another small format medical book bound for Marcus Fugger, plausibly by Wotton Binder C.

16mo (121 x 75 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. Collation: a-z⁸ A-Z⁸ aa-qq⁸: 496 leaves (last leaf blank). Woodcut printer’s device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, ruled in red. (Slightly cut close at head.)

Binding: Contemporary Parisian interlaced tan morocco gilt (126 x 83 mm), covers with a lighter brown inlay in an interlaced pattern outlined in gilt within a gilt fillet border, outline gilt leafy tools at corners, flat spine gilt, gilt edges, with a few quires of blank leaves bound at end. In a modern drop-backed folding box with perspex lid. (Binding slightly rubbed, spine slightly creased.)

Provenance: Marcus Fugger (1529-1597), inscription "Marcus Fugg." on inside front cover, with his shelfmark "Arc.135 Nro.551" — Oettingen-Wallerstein library at Schloss Maihingen (which inherited some of Marcus Fugger’s library), armorial ink stamp on title-page (partly obscured) — shelfmark "y 913" on inside front cover — Karl & Faber, Auktion 8: Bibliophile Kostbarkeiten aus der Bibliothek des Augsburger Patriziers Marcus Fugger, Munich, 6-7 November 1933, lot 428 — Edmé Maus (1905-1971), booklabel — Jean Blondelet (died 2001). Acquisition: Purchased in 2010 from Librairie Paul Jammes, Paris. References: USC 150511; von Gültlingen XI: Rollet 9