Live auction - Lot 674

[Aldine Press]

SPERONI, Sperone

Dialoghi. Nuovamente ristampati, & con molta diligenza riveduti, & corretti.

Venice, Aldine Press (Heirs of A. Manuzio sr.), 1546


Hammer price: € 260

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Lot description

8vo: 160 ff. (occ. sl. soiling incl. marg. damp stains or spotting).

18th-c. sheep, triple gilt-ruled boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, marbled edges (rubbed, boards discoloured, wormhole in front joint).

Fourth Aldine edition (1st 1542) of the dialogues of Speroni (1500-1588), one of the central members of Padua's literary Accademia degli Infiammati. Edited by his friend Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570), humanist, translator and commentator of Vitruvius. Aldine mark on title and reverse of last leaf. Printed in italics; capital spaces with guide-letters.
Ref. EDIT16 26969. - Renouard 139:25. - Adams S-1568. - STC Italy 636. - Cp. Gamba 279 (other ed.).
Prov. Charles Groffier (bookpl.).

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Lot 674

Dialoghi. Nuovamente ristampati, & con molta diligenza riveduti, & corretti.

SPERONI, Sperone

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