Lot 55
GIOVIO, PAOLO
VITAE ILLUSTRIUM VIRORUM TOMIS DUOBUS,
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 October 2018 at 12:00 BST
£275
Description
comprehensae & propriis imaginibus illustratae. Basel: Petri Pernae, 1678-1677. Folio, two volumes in one, [12], 427; [8], 225; title within ornate pictorial woodcut border, numerous fine woodcut portraits, [this edition not in USTC]; [bound with:] Regionum et Insularum atque Locorum Descriptiones, videlicet Britanniae, Scotiae, Hyberniae, Orchadum. Basel, 1578. Folio, 156, [7], later vellum-backed boards, red morocco lettering piece, a few light spots, variable worming to some margins, boards a bit soiled and rubbed
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