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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part I

Tuesday 30 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Ammirato, Scipione

Prayer [...] made on the death of Don Francesco de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, his lord, 1587

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€ 150 - 250

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€ 243

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Information

Florence, Giunti, 1587. In 4 °. Woodblock mark on the title, initials engraved on wood, light water gore on the title page, binding in soft cardboard. § Pietro Angeli. Oratio [...], Florentiae habita in funere Francisci Medicis . Firenza, Giunti, 1587. In 4 °. Typographic mark on the title page, beautiful figured drop cap, light arrosatura, binding in modern hardcover. § Pietro Angeli. Funeral Oration [...] in the essay of Sernis. D. Francesco Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany . Florence, Filippo Giunti, 1587. In 4th. Woodblock mark at the title and at the end of the volume, initials engraved on figured wood, scattered blooms and some reddening, binding in modern soft cardboard. Signature of belonging to the title page and stamp of the Galletti Library.

Specialist Notes

All the Admiral's orations were published by Giunta between 1587 and 1598.