Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210

Sale 2210 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
BOCCALINI, TRAJANO. De' Ragguagli di Parnaso. [16], 471, [57]; 415, [41]; 139, [23] pages, including etched additional title and 2 blanks. 3 parts in 2 volumes. 12mo, 18th-century Italian vellum with morocco lettering pieces; scattered foxing. Armorial bookplates of Wilmot, Earl of Lisburne. Amsterdam: Giovanni Blaeu, 1669

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Popular political and literary satire in the form of news reports from Parnassus, first published in 1612-14. Alden 669/26 (for references to Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan et al.); Gibson 631 note; Wilkins, pages 311-12; Willems 1813.