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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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LUDOLPHUS DE SAXONIA (c.1300-1378). Vita Christi. Strasbourg: [Printer of the 'Vitas Patrum'], 1483.
LUDOLPHUS DE SAXONIA (c.1300-1378). Vita Christi. Strasbourg: [Printer of the 'Vitas Patrum'], 1483.
ESTIMATE € 3.000 - 5.000
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LEONARDI, Giovanni Giacomo (1498-1522). Delle battaglie de nostri tempi. [1540-1552].
LEONARDI, Giovanni Giacomo (1498-1522). Delle battaglie de nostri tempi. [1540-1552].
ESTIMATE € 100.000 - 120.000
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[BINDINGS] METASTASIO, Pietro (1698-1782). Opere. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1781-1783.
[BINDINGS] METASTASIO, Pietro (1698-1782). Opere. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1781-1783.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300