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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
LOTS
184
[JAPAN - TORTURE]. Album with 22 illustrations of torture. Japan: , late 19th century.
[JAPAN - TORTURE]. Album with 22 illustrations of torture. Japan: , late 19th century.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1.000
186
GOYA, Francisco (1746-1828). Los caprichos. Madrid: Calcografia Real, 1881-1886.
GOYA, Francisco (1746-1828). Los caprichos. Madrid: Calcografia Real, 1881-1886.
ESTIMATE € 10.000 - 12.000
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LIBERATI, Francesco (...-1706). La Perfettione del Cavallo. Rome: Hercole, 1669.
LIBERATI, Francesco (...-1706). La Perfettione del Cavallo. Rome: Hercole, 1669.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 150