BEMBO, Pietro (1470-1547). A sammelband of rare early Venice editions of Bembo's works, comprising:
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
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$1,500
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Lot Description
BEMBO, Pietro (1470-1547). A sammelband of rare early Venice editions of Bembo's works, comprising:
Prose e Rime di M. Pietro Bembo. Venice: Gregorio de Gregori, 1525. (Not in Adams). -- Gliasolani de Messer Pietro Bembo... Venice: Gregorio de Gregori, 1525. (Not in Adams.) -- Rime di Monsignor P. Bembo. Venice: Francesco Bindoni and di Mapheo Pasini, 1548. Adams A-608.
Together, 3 works in one volume, 8vo (149 x 91 mm). Woodcut device on title-page of the 1548 Rime. (Some minor internal spotting.) 17th-century mottled calf, smooth spine gilt, edges stained red (wormholes to spine ends, head of spine tearing away, lacking lettering-piece, old label to foot of spine).
A sammelband of three early Venice printings of Bembo's works, each RARE ON THE MARKET AT AUCTION.
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi
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