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56

Guicciardini, Francesco

The Historia d'Italia [...] Again reprinted with great diligence, & corrected by many errors., 1567

Estimate

€ 600 - 800

Sold

€ 768

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Venice, Niccolò Bevilacqua, 1568 [at the colophon 1567] and Parma, Seth Viotti, 1567, the latter entitled "The last four books of the Historie d'Italia". In 4th. 2 vols. Typographic brand engraved in wood on the title pages and on the colophon of the I vol., woodcut drop caps and friezes, some underlining and gloss in an ancient hand, I vol. with slight water stain on the margin of the first two pages of the I vol., small woodworm hole on the margin of a few files, slightly trimmed, light browning, rare marginal blooms; II vol. some woodworm holes affecting the text, some slight water gora, parchment binding of a later period, author and title embossed in gold within a label on the spine. At the I vol. ownership signatures erased on the title page, handwritten endpaper

Specialist Notes

Rare complete edition of all 20 books, including books 17-20 printed in Parma by Viotti.

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