May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
[SARPI, PAOLO.] The History of the Council of Trent . . . Written in Italian by Pietro Soave Polano [pseud.] and faithfully Translated into English by S[i]r Nathanael Brent, Knight. Whereunto is added The Life of the Learned Author: and the History of the Inquisition. [16], cvi, [2], 889, [48] pages, including initial license leaf. Folio, 312x193 mm, late 19th-/20th-century morocco with contemporary panelled calf sides laid down, covers detached; marginal toning throughout, dampstaining at beginning and end with license leaf and last 4 index leaves remargined not affecting text. Harry M. Blum bookplate. Wing S696. London: J. Macock and Samuel Mearne et al., 1676