Lot 19
Gold & Silver.- Arphe y Villafane (Juan de) Quilatador de la plata, oro y piedras, conforme a las leyes reales y para declaracion de ellas, rare second edition, Madrid, Guillermo Drouy, 1598.
Hammer Price: £4,200
Description
Gold & Silver.- Arphe y Villafane (Juan de) Quilatador de la plata, oro y piedras, conforme a las leyes reales y para declaracion de ellas, collation: ¶8 ¶¶8 A-Z8 2A-2G8 2H4, title with large woodcut arms, full-page woodcut portrait of the author to verso of ¶4, tables, woodcut printer's device to foot of final f., little staining to title, occasional spotting, some light browning, 19th century red calf, gilt, covers with centre-pieces 'Bibliotheca de Salva', 8vo (145 x 97mm.), Madrid, Guillermo Drouy, 1598.
⁂ Rare second edition of this work on the assaying of gold, silver, and precious stones. 'Arfe was the outstanding Spanish gold- and silversmith of the late Renaissance and Early Baroque periods' (Hoover).
Literature: Palau 16054; cf. Hoover 54.
Description
Gold & Silver.- Arphe y Villafane (Juan de) Quilatador de la plata, oro y piedras, conforme a las leyes reales y para declaracion de ellas, collation: ¶8 ¶¶8 A-Z8 2A-2G8 2H4, title with large woodcut arms, full-page woodcut portrait of the author to verso of ¶4, tables, woodcut printer's device to foot of final f., little staining to title, occasional spotting, some light browning, 19th century red calf, gilt, covers with centre-pieces 'Bibliotheca de Salva', 8vo (145 x 97mm.), Madrid, Guillermo Drouy, 1598.
⁂ Rare second edition of this work on the assaying of gold, silver, and precious stones. 'Arfe was the outstanding Spanish gold- and silversmith of the late Renaissance and Early Baroque periods' (Hoover).
Literature: Palau 16054; cf. Hoover 54.
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