Lot 8
Ammirato (Scipione) Dell'Istorie Fiorentine, first edition, Florence, Stamperia di Filippo Giunti, 1600.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Ammirato (Scipione) Dell'Istorie Fiorentine, first edition, collation: *4 A-QQq6 RRr4 SSs-XXx6 YYy4, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations and initials, some foxing and browning, a few leaves towards end creased in lower margin, contemporary gilt-stamped vellum, soiled, upper joint split, head of spine torn, folio, Florence, Stamperia di Filippo Giunti, 1600.
⁂ First edition of 'une des meilleures histoires de Florence' (Brunet) commissioned by Cosimo I de Medici.
Provenance: The Right Hon. Charles, Lord Halifax (bookplate dated 1702); William Cole of King's College Cambridge (bookplate) both to title verso.
Description
Ammirato (Scipione) Dell'Istorie Fiorentine, first edition, collation: *4 A-QQq6 RRr4 SSs-XXx6 YYy4, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations and initials, some foxing and browning, a few leaves towards end creased in lower margin, contemporary gilt-stamped vellum, soiled, upper joint split, head of spine torn, folio, Florence, Stamperia di Filippo Giunti, 1600.
⁂ First edition of 'une des meilleures histoires de Florence' (Brunet) commissioned by Cosimo I de Medici.
Provenance: The Right Hon. Charles, Lord Halifax (bookplate dated 1702); William Cole of King's College Cambridge (bookplate) both to title verso.
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