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Minasi. Tavole naturali istoriche di Scilla e Cariddi e del Canale di Messina. [1775]
Auction Closed
July 28, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Library at Spetchley Park
MINASI, ANTONIO
Tavole naturali istoriche di Scilla e Cariddi e del Canale di Messina. [Naples, dedication dated 1775]
Large folio (492 x 370mm.), slip with printed title, 8 double-page engravings, original carta rustica wrappers, hand-coloured paper mounted to edges and to centre of upper and lower cover, minor soiling and creasing, wrappers rubbed with slight loss
The plates depict Scylla, Charybdis and the Strait of Messina.
PROVENANCE:
Henrietta Sophia Benfield, signature to front free endpaper. Henrietta (1796-1857) was married to Robert Berkeley (1794-1874) of Spetchley Park.