Death .- Guichard (Claude) Funerailles, & diverses manieres d'ensevelir des Rommains, Grecs, & autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes, first edition, collation: ¶4 A-Z, aa-zz, AA-BB4, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative illustrations, some early ink marginalia and underlining, small worm trace at head, occasionally affecting the odd letter, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 17th century polished calf, sympathetically rebacked, small 4to (236 x 156mm.), Lyon, Jean de Tournes 1581. ⁂ Important study of death and funeral rituals from Greek and Roman times to the date of publication, including those of the Native Americans. Literature: Adams G1545; Alden, "European Americana", A581/1 (vol.1, p.262); Cartier, De Tournes 616. Not in Sabin.
Death .- Guichard (Claude) Funerailles, & diverses manieres d'ensevelir des Rommains, Grecs, & autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes, first edition, collation: ¶4 A-Z, aa-zz, AA-BB4, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative illustrations, some early ink marginalia and underlining, small worm trace at head, occasionally affecting the odd letter, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 17th century polished calf, sympathetically rebacked, small 4to (236 x 156mm.), Lyon, Jean de Tournes 1581. ⁂ Important study of death and funeral rituals from Greek and Roman times to the date of publication, including those of the Native Americans. Literature: Adams G1545; Alden, "European Americana", A581/1 (vol.1, p.262); Cartier, De Tournes 616. Not in Sabin.
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