Lot 181
  • 181

Giovanni Boccaccio.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • De casibus virorum illustrium. [Strasburgo: Georg Husner, circa 1474-75]
folio (271 x 202 mm), 155 carte (di 156, manca la prima carta bianca), 35 linee, carattere gotico, iniziali rubricate in rosso e blu, grandi margini, numerazione a penna delle carte di mano antica, marocchino rosso del XVII secolo, filettature in oro ed elementi angolari ai piatti, dorso a nervi impresso in oro con tassello recante titolo errato, tagli dorati, carte di guardia marmorizzate, ex libris al contropiatto: Sir William Baird of Newbaith. L'inchiostro delle iniziali spesso sbavato, strappo sul margine bianco esterno della carta 83 e delle carte erroneamente numerate 101 e 108, 2 piccoli fori di tarlo restaurati che attraversano il testo sulle prime 34 carte, qualche piccolo foro di tarlo riparato per lo più sul margine bianco delle ultime 50 carte, alcune piccole macchie di umidità marginali, dorso restaurato, cerniere sciupate.
Goff B-708; HC *3338; IGI 1765; BMC I 83; Olschki, Choix 514

Condition

Large margins, old hand-written page numbering, ink of the initials often dribbling, tear on the white external margin of leave 83 and of the leaves numbered 101 and 108, 2 small repaired worm holes throughout the text of the first 34 leaves, some small repaired worm holes on the white margin of the last 50 leaves, some marginal water staining, spine restored, hinges damaged.
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