OLIVERIUS, Janus, Bishop of Angers. Pandora, Lyons: Etienne Dolet, 1541. 4° (203 x 146mm.). 26 leaves, italic type, woodcut printer's device on title and at end, 3 woodcut initials on criblé grounds. (Title a little browned, small burn-hole in f1, upper margin og g1 shaved, c1 and g2 with light stains). Modern calf-backed boards. Provenance: Augustinian abbey of Ham, near Amiens, with early ink inscription on title and a3 recto; George Abrams (label).

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OLIVERIUS, Janus, Bishop of Angers. Pandora, Lyons: Etienne Dolet, 1541. 4° (203 x 146mm.). 26 leaves, italic type, woodcut printer's device on title and at end, 3 woodcut initials on criblé grounds. (Title a little browned, small burn-hole in f1, upper margin og g1 shaved, c1 and g2 with light stains). Modern calf-backed boards. Provenance: Augustinian abbey of Ham, near Amiens, with early ink inscription on title and a3 recto; George Abrams (label).

FIRST EDITION. The author, uncle of François Olivier, Chancellor of France, to whom this volume was dedicated, likens women to Pandora's box, responsible for unleashing all the ills of the world. Brunet IV, 181.

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