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Lot 133
  • 133

Comidas de Carbognano, Cosimo

Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Comidas de Carbognano, Cosimo
  • Descrizione topografica dello stato presente di Constantinopoli. Bassano, 1794
  • paper
First edition, 4to (305 x 217mm.), wide margins, 26 folding engraved plates and maps, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, bookplate "Ex Libris de Marguard", [Blackmer 386; not in Atabey, but see 266, note], binding very slightly scuffed

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

A fine copy of a rare work. Although Atabey states that the author, who was a minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Constantinople, was best known for this work, his collection did not include a copy of it. The only copy recorded at auction on ABPC is the Blackmer copy (sale in these rooms, 11-13 October 1989, lot 501).