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MILTON, John (1608-1674).Il Paradiso perduto...del quale non si erano pubblicati se non i primi sei canti tradotto in verso sciolto dal signor Paolo Rolli...Con la vita del poeta e con le annotazioni sopra tutto il poema. Paris [i.e. Verona]: Tumermani, 1
An excellent copy of this Italian translation of Paradise Lost illustrated with intaglios by the best illustrators of the time, including Piazzetta, Picart, Casteau, Zucchi, Tiepolo, Francesco Zucchi etc.
Folio, (360 x 245 mm). Engraved frontispiece based on a design by Zucchi, vignettes on the title page and at the beginning of each book, text in two columns divided by woodcut frieze, engraved headpieces and tail-pieces, uncut. Contemporary carta rustica binding, handwritten title to spine (minor wear). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscriptions on the endpapers; GC (small 20th century ownership stamp in the outer margin of some leaves). (1)
Folio, (360 x 245 mm). Engraved frontispiece based on a design by Zucchi, vignettes on the title page and at the beginning of each book, text in two columns divided by woodcut frieze, engraved headpieces and tail-pieces, uncut. Contemporary carta rustica binding, handwritten title to spine (minor wear). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscriptions on the endpapers; GC (small 20th century ownership stamp in the outer margin of some leaves). (1)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
