Auction 487/round/2 BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Sep 22, 2020
Italy
 Via Pontaccio 12, 20121 Milano

Auction 487

22 September 2020

II session - 3.30 pm, from lot 135 to lot 270

Venue: Via Pontaccio 12, Milano

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LOT 210:

[GENOVA] - La cronique de Gennes avec la totalle description de toute ytallie. Paris: Eustace de Brie, 1507, Rare ...

Sold for: €3,300
Start price:
1,400
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€1,500 - €2,500
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[GENOVA] - La cronique de Gennes avec la totalle description de toute ytallie. Paris: Eustace de Brie, 1507, Rare and finely bound chronicle of Genoa. At the end are verses comparing Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, Genoa, Milan, London and Bruges with Paris. Only 2 auction records are recorded on RBH (one of which for this copy in 1934). 8vo (158 x 104mm). Large decorative capital L on title, woodcut depicting Louis XII and dignitaries on verso (expert repairs in title, f8 with small spots and minor corner repair). 19th-century red crushed morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt edges (joints and corners slightly rubbed). Provenance: Henry Huth (1815-1878, British banker and Book Collector; booklabel). The lot is accompanied by a export license.