Books and Manuscripts · Lote 2383
Justus, P.
De Alea libri duo. Amst., L. Elzevier, 1642, (60),213,(42)p., engr. title by C. VAN DALEN, early 20th cent. gilt red mor. by Ch. DE SAMBLANX (signed and "1912" on upper pastedown), both covers framed w. triple fillet line, ribbed spine w. richly gilt compartments, gilt boardedges and gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g., 24mo.
- Lote
- 2383
- Subasta
- Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026
- Sección
- OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Estimación
- 300 € – 500 €
- Fotos
- 1 foto
Estado
Fine copy.
Notas
Rare, attractively bound volume from the library of Georges Montandon (1879-1944), Swiss anthropologist and race theorist, who's ethno-racist theories evolved into a militant anti-semitism and active Nazi collaboration, for which he was killed by members of the French resistance on August 3, 1944. With his engraved armorial ex-libris printed on a leaf bound before the title. Willems 988; Rahir 979. Edition with the errata lines on the last page. "Ce petit ouvrage, dont J.-P. Thiers reconnait avoir beaucoup profité pour son Traité des jeux, paru pour la première fois en 1561, sous le titre de Alea, sive de curanda ludendi in pecuniam cupididate libri duo, Basilae, J. Oporinus 1561, in-4. L'auteur, qui se nommait en réalité Paschier Joostens, etait un médecin native, d'Eecloo en Flandre." (Willems).