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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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D'ANNUNZIO, Gabriele (1863-1938); DE CAROLIS, Adolfo (1874-1928). Dante adriacus, 1920.
D'ANNUNZIO, Gabriele (1863-1938); DE CAROLIS, Adolfo (1874-1928). Dante adriacus, 1920.
ESTIMATE € 1,000 - 1,500
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DELL'UVA, Benedetto (1540-1582). Le vergini prudenti. Florence: Sermartelli, 1582.
DELL'UVA, Benedetto (1540-1582). Le vergini prudenti. Florence: Sermartelli, 1582.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
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ENNIUS, Quintus (239 BC-169 BC). Quae supersunt fragmenta. Naples: Salviani, 1590.
ENNIUS, Quintus (239 BC-169 BC). Quae supersunt fragmenta. Naples: Salviani, 1590.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
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FOLARD, Jean-Charles de (1669-1752). Histoire de Polybe. Amsterdam: Chatelain, 1759.
FOLARD, Jean-Charles de (1669-1752). Histoire de Polybe. Amsterdam: Chatelain, 1759.
ESTIMATE € 500 - 800