The Serque Collection
AN ITALIAN SILVER BOOK BINDING, VENICE, 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
AN ITALIAN SILVER BOOK BINDING, VENICE, 18TH CENTURY
both covers bolding embossed with armorials and initials I.G. and S.C. below coronets framed by scrolls, baskets and bouquets of flowers, on matted ground, openwork clasps
marked with lion of San Marco and Guild controller’s mark B.C. fleur-de-lis between (Donaver-Dabbene no. 393/a) in use 1768-1777 on covers and spine, fitted with Hebrew text, Bragadina Press, with date 1772
length 7¼ in.
18.5 cm
Fitted with volume 1 of a two-volume Italian-rite prayer book for the entire year (Venice: Stamparia Bragadina, 1772). Bibliography: Vinograd, Venice 1988.
The heraldic emblems are those of the Mortara (heart) and Conegliano (squirrel with branch) families.