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[CURIOSA] MAGGI, Girolamo (1523-1572). De equuleo liber postumus [WITH:] De tintinnabulis. Amsterdam: Frisius, 1664.
A curious work on the analysis and description of ancient methods of torture and on various types of bells and rattles, written while the author was held prisoner of the Ottomans in Istanbul after being captured in the aftermath of the siege of Famagusta.
12mo, (130 x 75mm). 21 plates in and out of text: 11 in De Tintinnabulis (2 folding); 10 in de Equuleo (1 folding) (slightly browned). Full vellum binding, gilt lettering-piece to spine. Provenance: M. Kirchhofer Convector (contemporary ownership inscription to endpapers). (1
12mo, (130 x 75mm). 21 plates in and out of text: 11 in De Tintinnabulis (2 folding); 10 in de Equuleo (1 folding) (slightly browned). Full vellum binding, gilt lettering-piece to spine. Provenance: M. Kirchhofer Convector (contemporary ownership inscription to endpapers). (1
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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POLIZIANO, Angelo (1454-1494). Opera omnia. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, 1498.
POLIZIANO, Angelo (1454-1494). Opera omnia. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, 1498.
ESTIMATE € 8.000 - 12.000
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[ROYALS OF FRANCE] . Letter of promotion signed 'Louis'. Paris: 26 January, 1696.
[ROYALS OF FRANCE] . Letter of promotion signed 'Louis'. Paris: 26 January, 1696.
ESTIMATE € 500 - 800