VECELLIO, Cesare (1521-1601) - Habiti antichi, et moderni di tutto il mondo. Venice: Melchiorre e Giovanni Bernardo Sessa, 1598.
26.01.2021 10:30UTC +01:00
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3500EUR € 3 500
Auctioneer | Il Ponte Casa d'Aste |
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Event location | Italy, Milano |
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ID 474338
Lot 119 | VECELLIO, Cesare (1521-1601) - Habiti antichi, et moderni di tutto il mondo. Venice: Melchiorre e Giovanni Bernardo Sessa, 1598.
Estimate value
€ 2 500 – 3 500
A fine copy of the second edition, printed 8 years after the first 1590 of this famous costume work. An iconic work celebrated for its graphic, artistic and historical interest and a fundamental testimony of the knowledge of the Renaissance period costume.
8vo (172 x 112mm). title within elaborate woodcut frame with printer's device repeated at the end, numerous woodcuts illustrating the style of the time, initials, headpieces and borders in woodcut, with final blank (light stain to 2L1 perhaps of rust ?, the upper margin sometimes slightly trimmed with a few millimeter's losses, lower corner of 3A7 restored causing a small loss). Fine morocco signed Marmin elegantly decorated in gilt and preserved in a modern marbled paper case.
Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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Address of auction |
Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Via Pontaccio 12 20121 Milano Italy | |
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Buyer Premium | 26.0% | |
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