104 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010  | 
(212) 254-4710  |  Mon - Fri, 10AM - 6PM
Follow Us:

  • We are happy to call you during the auction and place bids on your behalf. To arrange phone bidding, please call Swann's bid department during business hours.

    (212) 254-4710 ext. 0
    Mon - Fri 10AM - 6PM

     

    Or, e-mail a list of lots with the sale number and your contact information to phonebids@swanngalleries.com. Be sure to include a phone number where we can reach you.

    Bids may also be submitted via fax. Send a list of lots with the sale number and your contact information to (212) 979-1017. You will receive a confirmation before the sale.

    Sale 2488 | Lot 82
    Price Realized: $27,500With Buyer's Premium
    Show Hammer Price

    • Click Image To Enlarge

      Additional Images

    • Sale 2488 Lot 82

      BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. De claris mulieribus. 76 woodcut illustrations. [69] (of [70]) leaves, including final blank; lacks initial blank. Gothic type. Folio, 271x198 mm, red morocco panelled in blind by Riviere & Son, front joint just starting at top; occasional marginal soiling, scattered marginal foxing and minor stains, manuscript initial on verso of first 2 leaves showing through on recto, light partial tinting on several woodcuts. Bookplate of Mary S. Collins. (Louvain: Aegidius van der Heerstraten, 1487)

      Estimate $15,000 - 25,000

      Third edition, and the first printed in the Low Countries, of the first published work of female biography, containing lives of over 100 famous women from the biblical Eve to the 14th-century Queen Giovanna of Naples. The original edition appeared in 1473 in Ulm. The only comparable work written earlier was Plutarch's Mulierum virtutes, which was not published until 1485. HC 3331; GW 4485; BMC IX, 166; Fairfax Murray/German 77; ISTC ib00718000 (28 collections, including 7 in the U. S.).


      Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $27,500
  • Previous Lot Next Lot