06-01-201306-01-2013
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June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Aretino, Leonardo (c. 1370-1444) Libro della Prima Guerra delli Carthaginesi

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Aretino, Leonardo (c. 1370-1444) Libro della Prima Guerra delli Carthaginesi. [Florence: Heirs of Philip Giunta, 1526].
[bound with] Aretino's Libro de la Guerra de Ghotti, [Venice: per Nicolo d'Aristotile, 1528].
[and] Atila Flagellum Dei Vulgar, [Venice: Marchio Sessa & Piero de Ravani, 1521]; octavo, inscriptions on first title, wear along the margins, folds, with some marginal loss, margins of first few leaves soft, some stains; one leaf in the second work with large tear; second title trimmed with loss to head of woodcut compartment; woodcut printers' devices in each title, all three bound together in slightly later limp Italian parchment, uncased, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.
Estimate $400-600

A-H8, I4; A-L8 (lacking L8 final ?blank); A-E8 (lacking E8 final blank, E7 blank is present).


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Keywords

Philip Giunta, head of woodcut