Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SILIUS ITALICUS. Punica. With commentary by Petrus Marsus. Woodcut white-on-black ornamental initials throughout. 156 leaves. Roman type. Folio, 289x205 mm, 18th-century red morocco gilt, front endleaf watermarked with portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I (1708-65); opening leaves toned, light soiling on title, scattered minor spotting and stains, worming in gutters not impairing legibility. (Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 1492)

Additional Details

Sixth edition; the first was printed circa 1471. Hain-Copinger 14740; BMC V, 439; Goff S508; ISTC is00508000.