Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection N-Z

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection N-Z

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Porzio, La congiura de' baroni, Rome, [Paolo Manuzio], 1565, contemporary limp vellum

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June 25, 08:34 PM GMT

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500 - 800 USD

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Porzio, Camillo. La congiura de' baroni del regno di Napoli, contra il re Ferdinando primo, raccolta dal s. Camillo Portio. Rome: [Paolo Manuzio], 1565


First edition of this detailed account of the 1485-86 baronial conspiracy against King Ferdinand I of Naples. This can be distinguished from a contemporary counterfeit edition by the number in the first line of the last page (75 rather than 73) (see the following lot).


4to (201 x 144 mm). Roman type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: *4 A-X4 Y4: 92 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title- page. (Repaired wormhole to title, intermittent spotting.)


binding: Contemporary limp vellum (207 x 146 mm), traces of two pairs of silk ties, red edges. (Worming to upper and lower pastedowns, a few small wormholes to covers, a little creased and soiled.)


provenance: Unidentified owner, inscription "Il p° di Settembre l’incomincai, alli 2° l’hebbi letto" dated 1620 on endpaper. acquisition: Purchased from Bottega Apulja, Bari, 1984. references: UCLA 751; Renouard 199/18; Edit16 27818; USTC 851013; Barberi pp.137-138

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