Lot 698
Fr. Sansovino, Delle orationi volgarmente scritte da molti huomini illustri. Venedig 1562.
Estimate
€ 400
Starting Price
€ 260
Lot:
698
Category:
Old prints up to 1600
Artist:
Francesco Sansovino
Sansovino, Francesco: Delle orationi volgarmente scritte da molti huomini illustri de tempi nostri. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Venedig: Francesco Rampazetto (part 1 at the end: F. Sansovino) 1562. 20,6 x 15 cm. With a woodcut printer's mark on the title pages, as well as several woodcut headpieces and woodcut initials. 8 unnumbered, 192 numbered pages; 4 unnumbered, 116 numbered leaves. Flexible parchment, with a handwritten title on the spine and a small signature label.
(Slightly dusty and stained; a few small defects in the parchment on the spine and back cover. Closure ribbons missing. Title page stamped twice on the reverse [“Ad Bibl. Acad. Land.” and “UBM” deposit stamp]. Page 3 of the front matter is heavily dusty along the top edge and has a crease mark. Minor signs of age.)
BM, Italian Books 607. - A significant collection of Italian speeches and rhetorical models, edited by the humanist Francesco Sansovino. The work brings together numerous political, diplomatic, philosophical, legal, and funeral orations by contemporary authors and represents one of the most important sources on Italian linguistic culture of the Cinquecento.
(Slightly dusty and stained; a few small defects in the parchment on the spine and back cover. Closure ribbons missing. Title page stamped twice on the reverse [“Ad Bibl. Acad. Land.” and “UBM” deposit stamp]. Page 3 of the front matter is heavily dusty along the top edge and has a crease mark. Minor signs of age.)
BM, Italian Books 607. - A significant collection of Italian speeches and rhetorical models, edited by the humanist Francesco Sansovino. The work brings together numerous political, diplomatic, philosophical, legal, and funeral orations by contemporary authors and represents one of the most important sources on Italian linguistic culture of the Cinquecento.