Live auction - Lot 964
[Postincunable - Antwerp imprint]
De rebus nuper in Italia gestis libri duo.
Antwerp, M. de Keyser, 1533
€ 600 / 750
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Lot description
8vo: 96 ff. (paper age-toned).
19th c. overl. vellum (sl. warping), flat spine titled in ink. Very good copy.
2nd ed. (also issued by J. Grapheus) of a contemporary account of the Italian (Milanese) Wars of 1521-1530 (conflict between the Habsburgs and the Sforzas), by the Milanese author and diplomat G. Capella (1487-1537). Historiated woodcut initials. In italics. ref. NK. 518. - Pettegree NB 6740. - Adams C-583. - Ind. Aurel. 131.487.