![36 [Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished, only edition, A. Islip, for Iohn Iaggard, 1602.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/aac2b9b5-a130-f011-9a4a-6045bd1069a8/2f20ae66-b534-f011-9a4a-000d3a7f9ad3.webp "36 [Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished, only edition, A. Islip, for Iohn Iaggard, 1602.")
Lot 36
[Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished, only edition, A. Islip, for Iohn Iaggard, 1602.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
[Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished, only edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking A1 (blank except for signature mark) and final blank, large ink stamp to foot of title and a smaller one to foot of final recto, A4 piece torn from outer margin, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, orange library label to foot, lightly soiled, [STC 3397], small 8vo, A. Islip, for Iohn Iaggard, 1602.
⁂ Only edition of this translation of Botero's I Prencipi, Turin, 1600, which considers three rulers of the ancient world. It was written for the three sons of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and is rare at auction.
Provenance: C. Hamberger (19th century ink signature to front pastedown); Stadtbücherei, Plauen i.v. (stamp to title and end)
Description
[Botero (Giovanni)] Observations vpon the liues of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished, only edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking A1 (blank except for signature mark) and final blank, large ink stamp to foot of title and a smaller one to foot of final recto, A4 piece torn from outer margin, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, orange library label to foot, lightly soiled, [STC 3397], small 8vo, A. Islip, for Iohn Iaggard, 1602.
⁂ Only edition of this translation of Botero's I Prencipi, Turin, 1600, which considers three rulers of the ancient world. It was written for the three sons of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and is rare at auction.
Provenance: C. Hamberger (19th century ink signature to front pastedown); Stadtbücherei, Plauen i.v. (stamp to title and end)
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