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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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GUTTUSO, Renato (1912-1987). Della congiura dei Pazzi. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1955.
GUTTUSO, Renato (1912-1987). Della congiura dei Pazzi. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1955.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
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FIALETTI Odoardo (1572-1637), Da TINTORETTO (1518-1594). Wedding at Cana, 1602.
FIALETTI Odoardo (1572-1637), Da TINTORETTO (1518-1594). Wedding at Cana, 1602.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200