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GAUTIER DE CHÂTILLON, PHILIPPE. Alexandreidos libri decem. 1558
GAUTIER DE CHÂTILLON, PHILIPPE. Alexandreidos libri decem. 4to, contemporary vellum; outer margins trimmed affecting some sidenotes, light dampstaining on opening leaves, contemporary inscription ("Francford. Emporium Henr. Stephani") on title. Lyon: Robert Granjon, 1558
- Notes: first granjon edition of a 12th-century verse epic on the exploits of Alexander the Great originally published circa 1487-90. One of the earliest books printed in Granjon''s civilité type, which he introduced the year before, it was also the first of only two Latin works he produced with civilité, which was customarily used for French texts. Carter & Vervliet 6 (also page 20); Harvard/Mortimer-French 261; Raby, A History of Latin Secular Poetry II, 72-79.
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