拍品 139
  • 139

MARINEO SICULO, PANDIT ARAGONIAE VETERUM PRIMORDIA REGUM, SARAGOSSA, 1509, LATER CALF-BACKED BOARDS

估價
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • Pandit Aragonie veterum primordia regum. (Saragossa: Jorge Coci, 30 April 1509)
  • Paper
folio (276 x 193mm.), large woodcut arms of Aragon on title-page, woodcut initials, woodcut border illustrations including portraits of kings, woodcut printer's device at end, final leaf blank, early nineteenth-century Spanish half calf, modern folding box, occasional light staining, title-page torn and repaired, b6 repaired at foredge, c6 repaired at edges, many leaves strengthened in gutter, last printed leaf partly laid down and slightly torn at foot, spine slightly chipped at head

來源

Joannes Caxal y Perez of Biescas (NE Spain), inscription at foot of title-page; Gabriel Caxal y Fananas, inscription on folio II

出版

Norton 628; Palau 152144

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.
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拍品資料及來源

FIRST EDITION of Marineo Sículo's history of the kings of Aragon, commissioned from him by Ferdinand of Aragon to record the deeds of his predecessors. Marineo, a humanist from Sicily, moved to Spain in 1484 where he became professor at Salamanca before joining Ferdinand's court as royal historiographer. Coci's printer's device was closely based on that of Pablo Hurus, an earlier printer in Saragossa, whose stock Coci acquired; the woodblock of the arms of Aragon, used on the title-page, was also from the Hurus workshop. This is an early work from Coci's press; he continued printing until the 1540s.