Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131
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December 3, 04:27 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131
SESSA, FABRIZIO
Il gran palagio della sapienza dilucidario dello stato astronomico, ed astrologico, e dello stato del mondo, ed ultimo suo fine...tradotta da latino nell'idioma italiano dal r.d. Stefano Tropeano Sessa dall'opere manoscritte del dottissimo sig. d. Fabrizio Sessa suo zio, e maestro, l'incognito matematico. Naples: Carlo Porsile, 1680
4to (220 x 154mm.), dedicatory letter by Stefano Tropeano Sessa ("Napoli li 25. Aprile 1680"), poems and imprimatur dated 1676-1678, woodcut device, woodcut and typeset tables and ornaments, contemporary red morocco elaborately gilt, flat spine gilt, some browning, repair to upper hinge, lacking ties
LITERATURE:
Houzeau & Lancaster 5301; cf also: IT\ICCU\PALE\002814 (with the title "Il palagio della sapienza") and BM STC (Italian), p.844