Lot 190
  • 190

Ricchi, Agostino.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Comedia... intittolata I Tre Tiranni, recitata in Bologna a N. Signore, et a Cesare, il giorno de la commemoratione de la Corona di Sua Maestà. (Venice: Bernardino Vitali, 14 September) 1533
  • Paper, leather binding
4to (207 x 153mm.), woodcut device on title-page, 3 engraved plates supplied from another work (probably late seventeenth-century), old calf, triple gilt fillet border, gilt edges, rebacked

Provenance

George Spencer (1766-1840), marquess of Blandford, White Knights sale, June 1819, lot 3577; manuscript note by Heber, with Bibliotheca Heberiana stamp, on flyleaf, his sale in various rooms, 1834-1836; Robert Samuel Turner, morocco booklabel; Edward Francis Searles, bookplate

Literature

Censimento 16 CNCE 38031; Watanabe-O'Kelly 705

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

first edition. Ricchi was a medical student at Bologna, and this comedy is his only published work. It was performed to celebrate the coronation of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor and King of Lombardy.