Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BOTERO, GIOVANNI. Epistolarum . . . Caroli Cardinalis Borromæi nomine scriptarum. Libri II. Eiusdem Epistolarum theologic[arum]. Liber. [8], 140, [2] leaves, including errata leaf and final blank. 12mo, 135x80 mm, contemporary limp vellum with repaired hole in rear cover, recased, endpapers renewed; light marginal dampstaining through first half of volume, 2 small stains on L12. Paris: Thomas Périer, 1586

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First published the year before. On leaves [122]-140, "the last of the 'epistolae theologicae' describes presumed vestiges and precursors of Christianity found by early travelers in Asia and America" (Alden). Alden 586/5.