Lot 161
Italy.- Naples.- Mazzella (Scipione) Parthenopoeia, or The History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, first edition in English, for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.
Hammer Price: £280
Description
Italy.- Naples.- Mazzella (Scipione) Parthenopoeia, or The History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, first edition in English, translated by James Howell, woodcut portraits and coats-of-arms, final advertisement f. (short tear touching catchword but no loss), Y1 tears into text without loss, 2E2 & 2I1 with paper-flaw affecting few letters, occasional light soiling, some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, a little rubbed and stained, corners worn, lower joint starting at foot, endpapers renewed, [Wing M1542], small folio, for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.
Description
Italy.- Naples.- Mazzella (Scipione) Parthenopoeia, or The History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, first edition in English, translated by James Howell, woodcut portraits and coats-of-arms, final advertisement f. (short tear touching catchword but no loss), Y1 tears into text without loss, 2E2 & 2I1 with paper-flaw affecting few letters, occasional light soiling, some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, a little rubbed and stained, corners worn, lower joint starting at foot, endpapers renewed, [Wing M1542], small folio, for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.
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