{"product_id":"tricasse-patrice-tricasso-da-ceresara-patrizio","title":"TRICASSE (TRICASSO). – La Chiromance de Patrice Tricasse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Chiromance de Patrice Tricasse des Ceresars, Mantovan, de la derniere reveue \u0026amp; correction de l’Auteur \u0026amp; nagueres fidelement traduicte de l’Italien en langaige Francoys.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Paris, chez Vivuant Gaultherot à l’imaige Sainct Martin, rue Sainct Jaques. 1546.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8vo (165 x 105 mm).\u003c\/strong\u003e 19th-century pastiche binding, spine with raised bands and gilt tooling, gilt title, triple gilt fillet bordering the boards. Marbled endpapers. 96 unnumbered leaves, signed A-M8. Complete with the title page, the 49 woodcut hands in the text, the author's conclusion (p. 94), and the appended leaves of the \u003cem\u003eAdvertissement\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRare and precious shared issue by Vivant Gaultherot of the true first French edition of this great classic of Renaissance occult sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by the Dominican friar Patrizio Tricasso (a native of Mantua), this treatise overturns medieval superstitions by seeking to rationally link palmistry to planetary astrology. It was a resounding success with the humanist public, but its audacity led to the author being placed on the Index by the Inquisition for his divinatory deviations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first French-language edition is illustrated with 49 woodcut vignettes depicting the palms of hands, an indispensable visual aid for the author's physical, psychological, or fatalistic predictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe copy concludes with the highly curious and sought-after \"Petit advertissement pour l'entente des choses...\" [Short advertisement for the understanding of things...], a precious vernacular glossary where the translator explains the jargon of the time (translating the index finger as \"l'enseigneur\" [the pointer] or the little finger as the picturesque \"grat'oreille\" [ear-scratcher]).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperb copy in 19th-century red morocco, a major testament to the Renaissance's curiosity regarding the secret arts. Title page soiled with old restorations to the lower margin causing a loss of several letters on the verso. Slight old dampstaining and small wormholes on the last three leaves predating the binding, normal foxing and browning for a work of this type. Crisp interior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaillet III, 630, does not mention this edition; Brunet V, 945, cites a first French edition from the same year published by Drouart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55842958573908,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Tricasso_Chiromance_Patrice_Tricasse_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1779138518","url":"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/en\/products\/tricasse-patrice-tricasso-da-ceresara-patrizio","provider":"Casaubon livre rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}