8vo., original printed blue wrappers, side stitched, altogether untrimmed.A wonderful example of the use of "Civilité" types from the collection of Joh. Enschedé & Zonen, dating back to the 16th century. The first printer to make use of a character of this style was the type founder and printer Robert Granjon of Lyons. Granjon received a Royal Patent of ten years for his "lettre françoyse d'art de main." But this Patent did not prevent its imitation. The name, lettre de civilité, is derived from La Civilité puérile... a translation from Erasmus by Jehan Louveau, published by Jehan Bellère in Antwerp in 1559. After its publication, works of this kind, even into the 19th century, were often printed with similar characters. They met with most success in the South Netherlands. These types were often imitated, even by such famous printers as the Plantins of Antwerp.Here we have a splendid example PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TYPES OF THE 16TH CENTURY.