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Thursday 09 March 2023 e Friday 10 March 2023, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Raimondi, Eugenio

Of the hunts [...] four books added in this new impression the fifth book of the villa, 1626

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€ 250 - 350

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€ 284

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(Naples, Lazzaro Scoriggio, 1626). In 4th. Frontispiece in full-page engraved architectural frame, 20 plates engraved in the text (out of 21), woodcut initials and friezes, brand at the end, reinforcements, various leaves and partially detached files, cc. O2-7 and 2R1, browning and foxing mostly marginal and some signs of humidity in particular on the first leaves which have small marginal tears, half leather binding with corners completely detached from the body of the issues.
Second edition of this well-known Italian work on hunting; only in this edition is there the addition of the fifth book of the villa, which deals with agriculture with references also to food. The plates of the first edition of 1621 have been replaced here with slightly larger illustrations.