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Wednesday 15 June 2022 e Thursday 16 June 2022, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Francucci, Scipione

The Etruscan hunting poem, 1624

Estimate

€ 150 - 300

Sold

€ 896

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

& nbsp; Florence, near Giunti, 1624. In 4 °. & nbsp; On the title page the weapons of the dedicatee of the work, all the text in a woodcut typographic frame, at the beginning of each canto the "Argument" contained in a beautiful figured architectural border with Medici weapons and Florentine lily, some stains and browning, woodworms on the inner margins of some files, & nbsp; gap in the white margin of 1 coeval parchment binding paper, manuscript author and title smooth spine, manuscript author lower cut, slight defects.

Specialist Notes

FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this c the ssico poem divided into 16 songs describing the hunts of Ferdinand II de Medici. Ceresoli 256: “Opera c the physical , rare and sought after."