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DAL SOLE, LIBRETTI NUOVI CON LE REGOLE, FERRARA, 1546, LATER BOARDS
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Libretti nuovi con le regole... nequali, mediante la theorica, & practica, gli adolescent, & etiamdio Nobeli, Mercadanti, Artesani, Abbachisti... pottranno... informarsi delle sette scienze, et arte liberale... (Ferrara: Giovanni de Buglhat & Antonio Hucher for Rinaldo, the duke's cook, January) 1546
4to (205 x 145mm.), title within woodcut border, woodcut initials, woodcut device above colophon, nineteenth-century half morocco, by Leighton of Brewer Street, a few small wormholes in first and last few leaves (with slight loss of text on last leaf), some soiling
Provenance
Ferando Baciocho, inscriptions on verso of title-page, dated 1641; Charles Fairfax-Murray (1849-1919), book label (Catalogo dei libri posseduti da Charles Fairfax Murray, Parte prima, London 1899, pp.360-361 no. 2130); Venator & Hanstein, Auktion 82, 19 October 2000, lot 675, DM 5,000, Erwin Tomash
Literature
Tomash & Williams S159; Edit16 15897 (locating 6 copies); Hoock & Jeannin S23.1; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 480; Smith, Rara arithmetica, p.143; USTC 825320; Van Egmond p.333
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."
"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. Francesco dal Sole was a French mathematician active in Venice and then Ferrara. As the Duke of Ferrara, Ercole II d'Este, was married to Renata of France, there was a substantial French contingent at the Este court. The printers were probably French and were active in Ferrara from 1546 to 1558; Edit16 lists nine works printed by them, including Messisbugo's book on banquets. This work is a primer of arithmetic, possibly adapted from an earlier work, Libretto de Abaco (Venice, 1526).