Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 269

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
BOTERO, GIOVANNI. Aggiunta alla Quarta Parte dell'Indie. 33 large woodcuts from the workshop of Hans Burgkmair, including title vignette. [32] leaves. 4to, approximately 197x142 mm, disbound; margins unevenly trimmed close occasionally entering text and images, light dampstaining in lower portion of contents, several woodcuts partly traced over in ink on other side of leaf. Venice: Alessandro de' Vecchi, 1623

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Supplement first published in 1618 to Botero's world geography Le Relationi Universali. The illustrations comprise depictions of monsters supposedly found in exotic locales and a series showing the procession of the King of Cochin.