Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
VILLANI, MATTEO and GIOVANNI. La Prima [Seconda] Parte della Cronica Universale de suoi Tempi. [32], 395, [5]; [16], 353, [13] (of [15]) pages; lacks final blank. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 177x110 mm, modern panelled leather with red leather lettering piece; contents generally clean apart from light soiling on first title page and a few other leaves, and stains in lower outer corner of M4 in first part and O1 and last few leaves in second second part. Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1554

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first complete edition of a 14th-century history of Florence. Gamba 1027 note; Potthast, page 1093; Sarton III, 913-15.