Lot 7
Jovius (Paulus) Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium veris imaginibus supposita, first edition, Florence, Laurenzo Torrentino, 1551.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Jovius (Paulus) Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium veris imaginibus supposita, first edition, collation: a-q6 r4 s4 t-z A-E6 F8, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, occasional soiling and spotting, first gathering detached, slight creasing to some lower margins, contemporary limp vellum, worn at edges and stitching holes, folio (353 x 223mm.), Florence, Laurenzo Torrentino, 1551.
⁂ A wide-margined copy of this biographical reference work on the great men of the world.
Provenance: ?Conte Leone Del Breti (ink name on front pastedown); Barto[lomeo] Galbani (ink name at foot of title).
Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 1133; Adams G632.
Description
Jovius (Paulus) Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium veris imaginibus supposita, first edition, collation: a-q6 r4 s4 t-z A-E6 F8, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, occasional soiling and spotting, first gathering detached, slight creasing to some lower margins, contemporary limp vellum, worn at edges and stitching holes, folio (353 x 223mm.), Florence, Laurenzo Torrentino, 1551.
⁂ A wide-margined copy of this biographical reference work on the great men of the world.
Provenance: ?Conte Leone Del Breti (ink name on front pastedown); Barto[lomeo] Galbani (ink name at foot of title).
Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 1133; Adams G632.
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