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An Early Edition of Petrarch, Venice, 1582
Estimate:
$300 - $500
Sold
$200
Live Auction
September 27th, 2024 Gallery Auction l Paintings, Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Fine Rugs
Category
Description
Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo, ed., IL PETRARCHA (Venice: A. Griffio, 1581 or '2, as the colophon and title page do not agree on date) Small 4to, paste-paper boards covered with silk brocade (the fabric possibly of the period but applied later); gilt silk brocade applied to the paste-downs. Early owner's signatures on title page, and extensive early notes in Italian in the text; bookplate of Charles Edward Forbes and related library markings
Condition
Ex-library. The fabric rather worn, with shattered areas
