Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLÒ. Tutte le opere. Woodcut portrait vignette of the author on general title. [4], 8, 351, [1]; 14, [2], 304; 168; 170, [2]; [4], 116 pages, including one double-page woodcut and 8 full-page typographical diagrams of troop formations, and 2 integral blanks. 5 parts in one volume, with second part (Il Principe) bound last. 4to, 204x171 mm, contemporary vellum boards, spine darkened; contents browned with occasional marginal dampstaining. "In Geneva presso Pierre Chouet," 1550 [i. e., Pierre Aubert & Pierre Chouet, circa 1635]

Additional Details

Third of the 5 "Testina" editions of Machiavelli's collected works, spuriously dated 1550 but printed in the 17th century, so named for the small woodcut portrait on the titles. GLN-6758; Bertelli & Innocenti (16th century) 206; Gerber II, 100.