Dec 06, 2001 - Sale 1917

Sale 1917 - Lot 18

Price Realized: $ 104
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
ASTOLFI, GIOVANNI FELICE. Della Officina Istorica . . . Libri III. Nella quale si spiegano Essempi notabilissimi, Antichi, & Moderni, à Virtù, & à Diffetto pertinenti. Woodcut text illustrations. [14], 531 pages. 4to, mid-19th-century 1/2 morocco gilt, spine and part of rear cover faded; title mounted, following 3 preliminaries bound out of order, worming in middle of volume affecting some text, blank corner off F2, light dampstaining in lower outer corners at end.<\t>Venice: Sessa, 1605

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Retitled second edition of a collection of tales of virtues and vices as exemplified by miscellaneous historical figures. Piantanida 3327 (1602 original edition as Scelta Curiosa et Ricca Officina).<