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Sun, Dec 3, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 194

1568 ANTIQUE ILLUSTRATED POETRY FROM THE 16TH CENTURY BY PETRARCA

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$100 $100
$2,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$25,000 $1,000
$75,000 $5,000

Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Italian
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Leather
Description: Francesco Petrarca The Petrarca with M's espositione. Vincenzo Velutello. Re-stamped with the Trionfi figure, the apostille, and additional useful items. Two sections in one Venice: Nicolo Beuilacqua; 1568 ornate woodcut title, decorative initials, and woodcut illustrations; the first 17 leaves have a short worm trail to the text (a few have been repaired); there are a few other short worm trails within the volume; there is some light faded damp staining; the endpapers have been renewed; J. Italian text on 209 leaves (418 pages) in a late 19th-century quarter leather with marbled boards, signed by Eliot Hodgkin to the upper pastedown.

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