Antiquarian Books including a series of views of Milan

Antiquarian Books including a series of views of Milan

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Bembo, Gli Asolani, Venice, Aldus, 1515, old vellum

Lot Closed

October 4, 09:08 AM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Pietro Bembo


Gli Asolani. (Venice: in the house of the heirs of Aldus and Andrea Torresano, May 1515)


8vo (152 x 96mm.), woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank), italic text, old vellum, occasional light foxing


The second Aldine edition, including Bembo's original preface to Lucrezia Borgia.


LITERATURE:

Edit16 4988; Cataldi Palau 5; Renouard 1515/5; UCLA 134


PROVENANCE:

"14 Giugno 1780", date on rear flyleaf