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[MILITARIA] ROSCIO, Giulio; MASCARDI, Agostino.... Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri che ne' secoli moderni hanno gloriosamente guerreggiato. Rome: Mascardi, 1646.
A fine copy of this work, illustrated with over 100 portraits of famous military commanders from Frederick Barbarossa to Louis XIII of France, accompanied by their respective arms; among those represented, from European kingdoms but also from the Ottoman Empire, are Christopher Columbus, Andrea Doria, Bazajet, Charles V, Cesare Borgia, Barbarossa, Frederick II, Francis I of France, Francesco Sforza, Giorgio Castrioti (Scanderbeg), Giovanni de Medici, G. Zamoyski de Zamosci of Poland, Can Grande della Scala, Tamerlane, and many others4to, (240 x 175mm). Engraved frontispiece, over 100 engraved portraits in text by Pompilio Totti and Christoph le Blanc. Contemporary full vellum binding, title gilt to spine. Provenance: Ex libris Petri Andrea Sledde contemporary ownership inscription on the endpapers; Baraux early ownership inscription on the endpapers; Mehr Licht, early 20th-century ex libris with engraved motto and cannon. (1)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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COOK, James (1728-1779). [Collection of plates]. Naples: s.e., late 18th century.
COOK, James (1728-1779). [Collection of plates]. Naples: s.e., late 18th century.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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[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
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HAKEWILL, James (1778-1843). A picturesque tour of Italy. London: Murray, 1820.
HAKEWILL, James (1778-1843). A picturesque tour of Italy. London: Murray, 1820.
ESTIMATE € 150 - 250