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Wednesday 18 October 2023, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Deani Pacifico,

Erudite marbles or letters on some ancient inscriptions., 1719

Estimate

€ 80 - 180

Sold

€ 194

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Padua Giuseppe Comino, 1719.  In 4th. Portrait engraved in copper on the frontispiece (shorter), vignette on the title page, only one plate, printer's mark at the end, some reddening, contemporary calfskin binding with inserts of different leathers on the plates, in the center of the large field coat of arms embossed in unidentified gold, back reassembled in brown calfskin with 5 nerves, golden cuts, defects and shortcomings.


Specialist Notes

Second edition (the first is from 1659), edited by the author's nephew and considerably expanded, of this work by Orsato. The volume is illustrated by a portrait of the author on the frontispiece engraved on copper by F.M. France and in the text there are also many woodcuts depicting ancient coins.