Galenus, De alimentorum facultatibus, Lyon, 1549, brown morocco gilt for Marcus Fugger

2 volumes in one, 12mo (122 x 74mm). (1) Roman and italic types, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A–R⁸: 136 leaves. Woodcut printer’s device on title. (2) Roman and italic types. collation: a–z⁸ A–B⁸ *⁸: 208 leaves. Woodcut printer’s device on title.

binding: Parisian inlaid binding possibly by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger, ca 1550, olive brown morocco with an inlay of interlaced strapwork in tan morocco outlined with gilt fillets in central panel, border inlay and oval central inlay in black morocco, gilt pointillé ground surrounding central oval in interstices of strapwork inlay, open gilt leaf at corners enameled black, flat spine, 3 false bands of gilt arabesques between thin black enameled bands, in 2 compartments large gilt rose surrounded by 4 leafy tools enameled black on tendrils, edges plain gilt, in a black morocco box with plexiglass window.

provenance: Marcus Fugger (1529-1597), inscription "Marcus Fuggerus" on upper pastedown, early shelfmarks "Arc. 134 Nro. 260", by family descent to — Marquard Fugger, Graf von Kirchberg und Weissenhorn (1596-1655) — Oettingen-Wallerstein, family library (Schloss Maihingen), armorial inkstamp on second leaf of text — Eugen Wolfgang Karl Friedrich Joseph Notger, Fürst zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein (1885-1969) — sale, Karl & Faber, Bibliophile Kostbarkeiten aus der Bibliothek des Augsburger Patriziers Marcus Fugger, Munich, 6–7 November 1933, lot 425 — sale, Karl & Faber, Auktion 13: Kulturgeschichte in Wort und Bild: Mss. u. Einzelminiaturen, Einbände, Inkunabeln, Munich, 24-26 November 1936, lot 15 — Jean Blondelet (died 2001). acquisition: Purchased in 2010 from Librairie Paul Jammes, Paris. references: USTC 150202, 150284; von Gültlingen XI: Rouillé 31