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Lot 6033: ALUNNO, FRANCESCO. c.1480-1556.

Est: $1,500 USD - $2,500 USDSold:
BonhamsSan Francisco, CA, USFebruary 17, 2013

Item Overview

Description

Le Ricchezze della lingua volgare.... Venice: Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1551.
Folio (305 x 210). A-2Cυ8 2D-2Eυ6. Printer's dolphin and anchor device on last page. Large woodcut author portrait on title. Period limp vellum. Closed tear to F2, spine a little dry, front paste-down sprung to reveal Hebrew MS spine support, near fine.
Provenance: anonymous owner, Sotheby's, Dec 5, 1991, lot 35.

SECOND EDITION, expanded and with the fine author portrait. Adams A843; Renouard 151.

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

Fine Books & Manuscripts

by
Bonhams
February 17, 2013, 12:00 PM PST

220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US