Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 54

Price Realized: $ 4,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS. Satyrae. With commentary of Domitius Calderinus. 77 (of 78) leaves, with leaves in first gathering bound out of order; lacks final blank. Roman type. Folio, 282x198 mm, early 19th-century mottled calf gilt by Durand, with ticket, spine worn, missing portions at top and bottom, joints cracked, cords intact; minor foxing and stains on opening leaves, small horizontal strip excised from blank upper outer corner of title; Bookplate and shelf mark of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); signature of Benjamin F. French of Philadelphia dated 1845; bookplate of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (presented by the Estate of Louis E. French) dated 1905. Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 1482

Additional Details

Hain-Reichling 9692; Goff J646; ISTC ij00646000. For other incunabula see lots 67, 98, 100, 164, 239, and 282.