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[SICILY] NUCULA, Orazio (16th century). Commentariorum de bello aphrodisiensi. Rome: Valerium et Ludovicum fratres Brixienses, 1552.
Copy from a papal library of the first and only edition of this work dedicated to Charles V's campaigns in Tunisia and Algeria against Ottoman pirates. At the beginning of the volume there is a Latin-Italian glossary of terms used in the work to refer to modern African cities which lacked a Latin translation.
8vo, (160 x 100mm). Illustration of the Strait of Sicily on two pages in the text, woodcut title pages (earlier repairs to title-page, some light spotting). 18th century half-leather over marbled boards. Provenance: Pope Julius III, born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte (stamp on title page); D.. De Auria (ex libris). (1
8vo, (160 x 100mm). Illustration of the Strait of Sicily on two pages in the text, woodcut title pages (earlier repairs to title-page, some light spotting). 18th century half-leather over marbled boards. Provenance: Pope Julius III, born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte (stamp on title page); D.. De Auria (ex libris). (1
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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[ALMANACS - PARIS]. Le petit theatre de l'univers. Paris: Langlois, 1804; 1809.
[ALMANACS - PARIS]. Le petit theatre de l'univers. Paris: Langlois, 1804; 1809.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300
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[ALMANACS]. Almanacco toscano per l'anno 1858. Florence: Stamperia Granducale, 1858.
[ALMANACS]. Almanacco toscano per l'anno 1858. Florence: Stamperia Granducale, 1858.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200