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Thursday 24 June 2021 e Friday 25 June 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Folengo, Teofilo

Merlini Cocaii Opus Macaronicum, 1768

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 243

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

264 x 190 mm
Amsterdam [i.e. Mantua], Giuseppe Braglia, 1768-1771. In 4th. 2 vols. Copper portrait of the Author engraved by Domenico Cagnoni, frontispiece in red and black, with a folded plate depicting the family tree of the Folengo family, initials, headbands and end caps engraved in copper, slight restoration on the inner margin of the first cards , slight blooms, rare small spots, coeval leather binding, plates framed by a triple gold frame, title and tome imprinted in gold within 5-rib spines, abrasions, slight signs of wear at the edges, some small defects. / div>



Specialist Notes

Beautiful bearded specimen of this curious work with elegant copper vignettes that enjoyed considerable success.