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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part II

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Legatura Carlo VII - Bayardi, Ottavio Antonio

Prodrome of the antiquities of Herculaneum to the Majesty of the King of the Two Sicilies Charles [...], 1755

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€ 400 - 500

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€ 512

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& nbsp; Naples, Stamperia Palatina, 1752. In 4 °. Part II (of V) only. Vignette & nbsp; on the title page, headboard, ornate initials, detached first issue, sporadic & nbsp; blooms, some stains, coeval Neapolitan binding in red Moroccan, on the plates with a wheel frame of shells and geometric motifs, fillets and chains, on the internal corners festoons with lily iron, in the center of the field the ARMS of CARLO VII, King of the Two Sicilies (later from 1759 Charles III of Spain), dedicatee of the work, back with 5 nerves, to the title compartments in gold and iron of lily and royal crown, red cuts, defects and minor shortcomings.