Lot 5
Albertini (Francesco) Opusculum de mirabilibus nouae & ueteris vrbis Romae, first edition, Rome, Giacomo Mazzocchi, 1510.
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Albertini (Francesco) Opusculum de mirabilibus nouae & ueteris vrbis Romae, first edition, collation: A-Z4 &4 [cum]4 [rum]4, lacking final blank, title within woodcut architectural border, with faded early ink ownership inscription to foot, blank spaces for capitals with printed guide letters, small paper repairs to title, Q1 & [rum]3 lower for-edge corners (no text loss), a few leaves with paper reinforcements at gutter, some browning and foxing, later limp vellum, 4to (202 x 136mm.) Rome, Giacomo Mazzocchi, 1510.
⁂ First edition of the first modern guide-book to Rome, including in the final section a reference to Amerigo Vespucci and his discoveries in the New World.
Literature: Adams A502; EDIT16 CNCE 739.
Description
Albertini (Francesco) Opusculum de mirabilibus nouae & ueteris vrbis Romae, first edition, collation: A-Z4 &4 [cum]4 [rum]4, lacking final blank, title within woodcut architectural border, with faded early ink ownership inscription to foot, blank spaces for capitals with printed guide letters, small paper repairs to title, Q1 & [rum]3 lower for-edge corners (no text loss), a few leaves with paper reinforcements at gutter, some browning and foxing, later limp vellum, 4to (202 x 136mm.) Rome, Giacomo Mazzocchi, 1510.
⁂ First edition of the first modern guide-book to Rome, including in the final section a reference to Amerigo Vespucci and his discoveries in the New World.
Literature: Adams A502; EDIT16 CNCE 739.
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