Description
Falletti (Girolamo) De Bello Sicambrico Libri IIII, et eiusdem alai Poemata, Libri VIII, collation: A4 a4 B-MM4 NN2 (a3 blank), Roman type, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, errata f. at end, small section of upper corner repaired, some light marginal browning, occasional spotting, antique style blind-stamped calf, small 4to (206 x 144mm.), Venice, [Paulus Manutius], 1557.
⁂ Rare first edition of this collection of Faletti's works, which Renouard calls 'beau et rare'. It includes his epic poem on the Guelders Wars. Falletti was a humanist and diplomat for Ercole d'Este of Ferrara to the court of Charles V.
Literature: Adams F132; Ahmanson-Murphy 523; Renouard, Alde, 172:13; EDIT 16 CNCE 18523.
Lot 73
Falletti (Girolamo) De Bello Sicambrico Libri IIII, et eiusdem alai Poemata, Libri VIII, First edition, Paulus Manutius, 1557.
Estimate: £300 - 400
Description
Falletti (Girolamo) De Bello Sicambrico Libri IIII, et eiusdem alai Poemata, Libri VIII, collation: A4 a4 B-MM4 NN2 (a3 blank), Roman type, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, errata f. at end, small section of upper corner repaired, some light marginal browning, occasional spotting, antique style blind-stamped calf, small 4to (206 x 144mm.), Venice, [Paulus Manutius], 1557.
⁂ Rare first edition of this collection of Faletti's works, which Renouard calls 'beau et rare'. It includes his epic poem on the Guelders Wars. Falletti was a humanist and diplomat for Ercole d'Este of Ferrara to the court of Charles V.
Literature: Adams F132; Ahmanson-Murphy 523; Renouard, Alde, 172:13; EDIT 16 CNCE 18523.