Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'Or, par le Prince Jason de Tessalie; / faict par figures [by L. Tyri, engraved by R. Boyvin]; avec exposition d'icelles [in verse, by J. Gohory. Edited, with a dedicatory epistle, by J. de Mauregard].

Accession number: 
PML 18683
Author: 
J. G. P. (Jacques Gohorry, Parisien), -1576.
Published: 
A Paris, 1563.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description: 
[4] leaves, 26 plates : engravings ; 29 cm
Notes: 

"Hystoire de Iason", signed I.G.P. [i.e. Jacques Gohory or Gohorry of Paris]. The verses at the foot of the plates are probably by him also.
Dedication signed: Iehan de Mauregard.
The 26 plates were engraved by René Boyvin (Boivin) after paintings by Leonard Thiry.

Binding: 
16th-century French brown morocco, gilt-tooled in an architectural volute design (similar to frames around engravings in work) with pointilee background (29 x 37 cm).
Provenance: 
Charles IX, attributed to his library by Gruel due to binding; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Gruel, 1908.
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Classification: 
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Department: 
Printed Books