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Vico, Enea
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Description
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VICO, ENEA (1523-1567). Le imagini delle donne auguste intagliate in istampa di rame... libro primo. Venice: Enea Vico and Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1557 -- 4to (195 x 140mm.), engraved title-page, woodcut initials, full-page engraved illustrations, nineteenth-century half green calf, top edge gilt (right-hand side of title-page supplied in ink facsimile, lacking final leaf with printer's device only, small paper repair to foot of F1, some offsetting on Q2v, extremities rubbed)
Provenance
A.M. Woodward, pencil inscription dated 1948; P.A. Milne-Henderson, bookplate
Literature
Censimento 16 CNCE 54071; Dekesel V21; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 532
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Condition
Right-hand side of title-page supplied in ink facsimile, lacking final leaf with printer's device only, small paper repair to foot of F1, some offsetting on Q2v, extremities rubbed.
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The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION, second issue (for a variant copy, see lot 107). For the 1558 Latin translation, see lot 108.