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Friday 15 December 2023, 11:00 AM • Rome

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Piccolomini, Enea Silvio, Pius II

De Curialium misery, 1475

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€ 1.200 - 1.400

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[Rome, Bartholomaeus Guldinbeck or Wendelinus de Wila, not after Aug.] 1475. In 4°. Elegant Roman round font, text on one column, spaces for drop caps, collected within modern colored cardboard, small tear on the title page without loss, some light halos, some small worm holes, last page and back plate detached.

Specialist Notes

Seventh edition of a very successful pamphlet by Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the humanist pope, published for the first time in Cologne in 1466-67 and reprinted 19 times during the 15th century.
Goff P662; HC 203*; IGI 7822;  BMC IV 68; BSB- Ink P-509; GW M33778