January Winter Estate Finds

Paolo Giovio Elogia 16th Century Latin Book

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Start price: $150

Estimated price: $300 - $500

Buyer's premium: 25%

Sales Tax: On the lot's price and buyer's premium

Paolo Giovio (Italian, 1483-1552) and Tobias Stimmer (Swiss, 1539-1584). Elogia Virorum Bellica Virtute Illustrium, septem libris iam olim ab Authore Comprehensa, woodcuts by Stimmer, Pietro Perna, Basel, 1575; bound together with Elogia Virorum literis illustrium, qoutquout vel nostra vel avorum memoria vixere, 1577. 13 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 2". Boards and spine detached and with tears and losses throughout, foxing and discoloration to pages and throughout, notations in ink and pencil throughout, minor tears to pages and some insect damage visible on pages 331-363 of the first part, some waviness and warping, front endpaper detached from binding.

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