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Sun, Dec 3, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 195

1576 VENICE RERUM VENETARUM HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF AN OLD VELLUM BOUND 16TH-CENTURY FLORIO

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,600

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Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: History
Binding: Vellum
Description: HISTORIA RERUM VENETARUM AB URBE CONDITA AD ANNUM MDCLXXV. by IUSTINIANUS, Petrus Venice; 1576 Folio: 6 by 13" pp. [88]-468 [= 458]-[1 bl.-1] pp. Pietro Giustinian (1497-1576) wrote an extensive history of Venice. It has a woodcut mark at the end and on the title. The book's provenance is listed as Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716), a Scottish politician and collector (name at head of title; P. Willems, Bibl. Fletcheriana, p. 119). The original limp vellum is titled on the bottom edge, the front hinge is broken, and the spine has some damage.

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