Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MANUSCRIPT.) Louis XIV, King of France. Ordini di Luigi Decimo Quarto per l'Arm[a]te Navili et Arsenali Marittimi . . . Tradotti in Italiano . . . da me G. A. M. G. manuscript in italian, written in neat cursive hand in brown ink, recto and verso, on laid paper with watermark of 3 crescents. [1], 199, [4] leaves, including 5 blanks. 273x204 mm, contemporary sprinkled sheep gilt, minor wear, decorated paper endleaves; contents clean. Venice, 1708

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Apparently unpublished Italian translation of Ordonnance de Louis XIV pour les Armées Navales et Arcenaux de Marine, Paris, 1689, dealing with the organization of the French navy and naval arsenals.