- 3
Bembo, Pietro, Pomponius Mela, and Joannes de Sacrobosco
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- A sixteenth-century volume containing three works, comprising:
- Paper
BEMBO, Pietro. Prose... nelle quali si ragiona della volgar lingua. (Venice: Giovanni Tacuino da Tridino, September 1525), manuscript annotations, [Censimento 16 CNCE 4997; IA 116.370]
POMPONIUS MELA. De situ orbis libri tres [with commentary by Joachimus Vadianus]. Basel: (Andreas Cratander, January) 1522, title within woodcut border by Hans Franck dated 1519, H4 within woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf (otherwise blank), [VD16 M2314], lacking world map
JOANNES DE SACROBOSCO. Textus de sphaera... Cum compositione annuli astronomici Boneti Latensis et geometria Euclidi Megarensis. Paris: Simon de Colines, 1538, large woodcut of the solar system on title-page, full-page woodcut opposite first page of text, woodcut initials and diagrams, with final blank leaf, early annotations, loose sheet of eighteenth-century manuscript notes in Latin inserted, [Renouard, Colines, p.295; Steck III.34], a1 and 8 becoming loose
3 works in one volume (Mela bound first), folio (295 x 201mm.), contemporary reused vellum, manuscript fragments used as spine lining, occasional light damp-staining, some leaves or quires becoming loose, vellum slightly soiled and defective, lacking four pairs of ties
POMPONIUS MELA. De situ orbis libri tres [with commentary by Joachimus Vadianus]. Basel: (Andreas Cratander, January) 1522, title within woodcut border by Hans Franck dated 1519, H4 within woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf (otherwise blank), [VD16 M2314], lacking world map
JOANNES DE SACROBOSCO. Textus de sphaera... Cum compositione annuli astronomici Boneti Latensis et geometria Euclidi Megarensis. Paris: Simon de Colines, 1538, large woodcut of the solar system on title-page, full-page woodcut opposite first page of text, woodcut initials and diagrams, with final blank leaf, early annotations, loose sheet of eighteenth-century manuscript notes in Latin inserted, [Renouard, Colines, p.295; Steck III.34], a1 and 8 becoming loose
3 works in one volume (Mela bound first), folio (295 x 201mm.), contemporary reused vellum, manuscript fragments used as spine lining, occasional light damp-staining, some leaves or quires becoming loose, vellum slightly soiled and defective, lacking four pairs of ties
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION of Bembo's seminal treatise on the use of the Tuscan vernacular as the correct literary form of Italian, as used by Dante, Petrarch and (in particular) Boccaccio. Despite the warning in the colophon of the ten-year privilege for this text, a counterfeit edition was produced the same year (Censimento 16 CNCE 62770).