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live November 10 | 02:00 PM
Libert et associés

16 - [OVID].

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Estimation

€2,000 - 2,500

Sale fees

30%

[OVID]. […] *De arte aman//di* & *De remedio // amoris* with *commentary*. [At the end of the text:] Carefully compiled by Bartolomæo Merula Mantuano. Printed in Venice by the skillful and industrious Ioan//nes de Tridino, also known as Tacuinus. In the year of our Lord M. cccclxxxxiiii [Venice, 1494]. 2 parts in one in-4° volume (190 x 290 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges (18th-century Italian binding). 55 numbered folios (out of 56) [with a pagination error on the last few], signed: a-g6, A6 & B-C4. Two large ornate initials and a few small ones. Binding slightly rubbed; copy with narrow margins and damage to the running titles; title page soiled and text on the reverse (dedication) partially erased; a few handwritten inscriptions, notably on the title page; damage in the inner margin of the last folio present; last folio (C4) “Privilegivm” missing. Hain, 12290; Hain-Copinger, *12219; Proctor, 5431.

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Auction details

Books & Graphic Works
Tuesday, November 10
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Libert et associés +33 1 48 24 51 20 info@libert-associes.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 35,000 lots published

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