May 22, 2003 - Sale 1972

Sale 1972 - Lot 475

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
HANDSOME AMERICAN EDITION DE LUXE (SETS AND BINDINGS.) Boyd, Henry; trans. The Triumph of Francesco Petrarch, Florentine Poet. Introduction by Guido Biagi. 6 collotype plates after 16th century Florentine engravings. 4to, reddish brown morocco with intricate border designs of cherubs and repeating chain patterns; typeface modelled on Petrarch's handwriting; later board box. Designed by William Dana Orcutt. one of only 200 numbered copies. Boston, (1906)