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Vico, Enea
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Description
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VICO, ENEA (1523-1567). Augustarum imagines aereis formis expressae; vitae quoque earundem breviter erratae. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1558 -- 4to (232 x 166mm.), engraved title-page, woodcut initials, full-page engraved illustrations, those on C2v, C4v, G3v and G4v with replacement engravings pasted over, early nineteenth-century green straight-grained morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges (extremities rubbed)
Provenance
Francesco Vitelli (1586-1646), archbishop of Thessalonica, armorial bookplate on verso of title-page; Sir John Hayford Thorold (1734-1815), booklabel and Syston Park, bookplate, sale, Sotheby's, 12 December 1884 (this copy not found in the catalogue); Charles Butler (1821-1910), booklabel, various sales, Sotheby's, 1911-1914; Charles-Edouard Wesem, architect, bookplate; Rowland Thomas Baring, second earl of Cromer (1877-1953), sale, Sotheby's, 18 June 1934, part of lot 57, bought by Marks for £2 5s; Lucius Wilmerding (1879-1949), bookplate, his sale, part II, Parke-Bernet, New York, 9 March 1951, lot 643, $130; Silvain S. Brunschwig (1882-1972), morocco booklabel SSB, some of his collection sold in Geneva in 1955; John Harris, bookplate
Literature
Censimento 16 CNCE 48277; Dekesel V22; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 533; Renouard 176/18
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Condition
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
This is the first edition of Natale Conti's translation of Vico's "Le imagini delle donne auguste", printed in 1557 (see lots 106-107).