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[GENOA] CAPELLONI, Lorenzo (1510-1590). Vita del prencipe Andrea Doria. Venice: Giolito de Ferrari, 1565.
First edition of the celebratory biography of the Genoese condottiere Andrea Doria. The copy is enriched by a curious contemporary handwritten sonnet to the rear endpaper: '"Il gran prencipe Doria, alpio, soprano, de Carlo Quinto reggio conduttiero..."'.
4to, (205 x 145mm). Portraits of Charles V and Doria within rich allegorical borders in the text, printer's device to title-page and colophon, engraved initials and head-pieces (slightly browned, some sporadic spotting). Contemporary vellum binding with manuscript title to spine (partially detached). Provenance: 'Benedicti baroni neapolitani' (contemporary ownership inscription to colophon); '"Pesaro... 281. Vente de la galerie" (early twentieth-century auction label to spine). (1
4to, (205 x 145mm). Portraits of Charles V and Doria within rich allegorical borders in the text, printer's device to title-page and colophon, engraved initials and head-pieces (slightly browned, some sporadic spotting). Contemporary vellum binding with manuscript title to spine (partially detached). Provenance: 'Benedicti baroni neapolitani' (contemporary ownership inscription to colophon); '"Pesaro... 281. Vente de la galerie" (early twentieth-century auction label to spine). (1
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300
LOTS
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ALCIATO, Andrea (1492-1550). Emblemata. Padua: Typographia Laurentij Pasquati, 1621.
ALCIATO, Andrea (1492-1550). Emblemata. Padua: Typographia Laurentij Pasquati, 1621.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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[VENICE] BRUSA, Giovanni Battista (1830-1920) . Memoir of Venice . [Venice: , 1890].
[VENICE] BRUSA, Giovanni Battista (1830-1920) . Memoir of Venice . [Venice: , 1890].
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300
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TACITUS, Publius Cornelius (56-120 BC). Gli Annali. Venice: Giunti di Firenze, 1563.
TACITUS, Publius Cornelius (56-120 BC). Gli Annali. Venice: Giunti di Firenze, 1563.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300