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Sammarco, Ottavio

The Temple of the Divine Lady Donna Geronima Colonna of Aragon, 1568

Estimate

€ 300 - 500

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€ 490

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Information

Padoa (In Padua: for Lorenzo Pasquati, 1568). In 4°. Copper-engraved allegorical title page, indented initials, decorated headpieces, damp stains on the first leaves, otherwise an excellent, fresh and genuine copy, 18th-century full parchment binding with red title on the spine and sprayed edges, handwritten ownership note on the title page.

Specialist Notes

A beautiful and rare collection of verses in honor of Geronima Colonna d'Aragona, daughter of Ascanio Colonna and Giovanna d'Aragona, assembled by the nobleman Ottavio Sammarco. A scholar and noblewoman, she was an astrologer and poet; she lived in the second half of the 16th century.

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