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Tuesday 11 November 2025 e Wednesday 12 November 2025, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Sabellico, Marco Antonio

The Venetian Histories, 1544

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€ 200 - 400

Sold

€ 387

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Information

[Venice], for Curtio Troiano di Nauo under the sign of Leo, 1544. In 4°. Printer's device on the title page and at the end: Rampant lion holding a ribbon in its claws. At the bottom, a dragon with its severed head, motto: Invidia fortitudine superatur. Delicate restorations on the title page. 18th-century full parchment binding.

Specialist Notes

First edition of Dolce's translation and the first in Italian with the three books of the fourth decade which contain, among other things, the interesting reference to Columbus and his dynastic ancestry.

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