Lot 82
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Rome: Domenico Basa, 1580. First edition, 8vo (15.5 x 11cm), a8 [A]-2F8 2G4, late 17th or early-18th century red morocco richly gilt, red endpapers with foliate pattern printed in gilt, all edges gilt, 2 engraved title-pages, full-page engraving of Matthew 16:18 ('Tu es Petrus'), 230 full-page engraved portraits of popes [Adams A1183; EDIT16 CNCE 10449]
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Some copies are bound with a dedication to Gregory XIII, not found here or mentioned in the Adams collation, but the EDIT16 catalogue clarifies that the work is complete without it and describes copies with the dedication as variants.