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Christmas Special / Antique Books, Autographs and Prints

Thursday 11 December 2025 e Friday 12 December 2025, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Pietro Bembo

Of the history of Venice, 1552

Estimate

€ 150 - 200

Sold

€ 206

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Venice, [Gualtiero Scotto], 1552. In 4°. Beautiful copper-engraved printer's device on the title page and at the end of the volume, elegant figured initials, damp stains on the first and last leaves, light browning and foxing on a few leaves, last leaf with wormholes and slightly loose, contemporary loose parchment binding, handwritten title on the lower edge, small losses and stains.

Specialist Notes

First vernacular edition of Bembo's Historiae Venetae, commissioned by the Serenissima and published in Latin just the year before.

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