ID 1317596
Lot 4 | CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529)
Estimate value
€ 4 000 – 5 000
Il libro del cortegiano. Venise : Andrea Asolano, avril 1528
Édition originale d'un ouvrage indispensable de la Renaissance : le manuel du courtisan de Baldassare Castiglione.
USTC 819485 ; Ahmanson-Murphy, n° 252 ; Adams C 924; BMSTC Italian p. 156 ; Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, I, 185-186 : "Belle et rare edition, la première de ce livre".
In-folio (300 x 200 mm). Signatures : *4 a-o8 p5, sans le dernier feuillet p6 (blanc au recto et devise de l'imprimeur au verso). Ajouté en fontispice : le Portrait de Baldassare Castiglione, gravé d'après Raphaël (épreuve de format 266 x 196 mm, contrecollée). Le titre présente la marque d'Alde Manuce, dont Andrea Asolano et ses fils avaient repris l'atelier. Bradel de vélin postérieur, garde de papier marbré, tranches mouchetées. Manques au titre (le feuillet fait 235 x 183 mm), qui est contrecollé. Mouillures et salissures, surtout en début et fin de volume. Feuillets p2 et P3 réenmargés en marge extérieure. Taches brunes dans le texte des feuillets b2-3. Exemplaire lavé.
Provenance : marques de lecture anciennes, en marge et dans le texte. Opérations mathématiques sur le dernier feuillet de texte.
First edition of a true Renaissance best-seller : Baldassare Castiglione's Book of the Courtier.
Artist: | Baldassarre Castiglione (1478 - 1529) |
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Place of origin: | Italy |
Auction house category: | Books |
Artist: | Baldassarre Castiglione (1478 - 1529) |
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Place of origin: | Italy |
Auction house category: | Books |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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