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VECELLIO, Cesare (1521-1601). Habiti antichi, et moderni di tutto il mondo. Venice: Sessa, 1598.
Scarce second edition, enlarged with 87 plates compared to the first of 1590, of this iconic treatise on ancient and modern costumes, in which the author, a cousin and pupil of Titian, describes the particularities of the clothes of the then-known world in minute detail. Cicognara 1819: 'Work of the best known among the ancients of this genre'-8vo, (172 x 110 mm). 507 full-page woodcuts (including 5 views of Venice) depicting costumes within architectural frames, designed by Vecellio and engraved by Christoph Krieger (light browning, small tear to upper margin of pp. 44-45 with small loss of engraving, edges restored at p. 225 and p. 400 without loss of text, lacking final blank). Vellum binding (first half 19th century), gilt title-piece to spine. Provenance: private library markings to endpapers, extensive 19th; and 20th-century notes in graphite and pen to endpapers Vendita Pinelli in Londra, 1824
ESTIMATE € 2,000 - 3,000
LOTS
247
[FLORENCE] PROBST, Johann Friedrich (1721-1781). Fiorenza. Augsburg: Wollf, [c.1740].
[FLORENCE] PROBST, Johann Friedrich (1721-1781). Fiorenza. Augsburg: Wollf, [c.1740].
ESTIMATE € 500 - 800
214
[ECONOMICS]. Catalogue General de la maison Martin Burdin Ainé. Chambery,[c. 1820].
[ECONOMICS]. Catalogue General de la maison Martin Burdin Ainé. Chambery,[c. 1820].
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300
274
[DELACROIX, MANET, COROT, COURBERT and others]. Socé?té des Aqua-Fortistes. Paris,1862-1866.
[DELACROIX, MANET, COROT, COURBERT and others]. Socé?té des Aqua-Fortistes. Paris,1862-1866.
ESTIMATE € 10,000 - 12,000