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Auction archive: Lot number 323

"A VOLUME OF EXTREME RARITY" (MEXICAN

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$7,200
Auction archive: Lot number 323

"A VOLUME OF EXTREME RARITY" (MEXICAN

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$7,200
Beschreibung:

"A VOLUME OF EXTREME RARITY" (MEXICAN EARLY IMPRINTS.) Lagunas, Juan Bautista de. Arte y Dictionario: con otras Obras, en Lengua Michuacana. [6], 5-174 (Arte), 190 (Dictionario), [9] (Tabla), 75 (Instruction) pages. Small 8vo, contemporary vellum; quite defective, 15 disbound leaves supplied from another taller and crudely trimmed copy, lacking 34 other leaves (*1-8, A7, A8, I-1, I8, Q1, S8, AA8, EE1, EE8, and final 17 leaves) including title page (supplied in facsimile), several early mends of torn or missing corners, a few early annotations, worm holes affecting text in first part of volume, tightly trimmed to 5 3/8 inches grazing some text; 2 inked J.F. Ramirez stamps, library bookplate tipped to front pastedown. (JCB) Mexico: Pedro Balli, 1574

Auction archive: Lot number 323
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

"A VOLUME OF EXTREME RARITY" (MEXICAN EARLY IMPRINTS.) Lagunas, Juan Bautista de. Arte y Dictionario: con otras Obras, en Lengua Michuacana. [6], 5-174 (Arte), 190 (Dictionario), [9] (Tabla), 75 (Instruction) pages. Small 8vo, contemporary vellum; quite defective, 15 disbound leaves supplied from another taller and crudely trimmed copy, lacking 34 other leaves (*1-8, A7, A8, I-1, I8, Q1, S8, AA8, EE1, EE8, and final 17 leaves) including title page (supplied in facsimile), several early mends of torn or missing corners, a few early annotations, worm holes affecting text in first part of volume, tightly trimmed to 5 3/8 inches grazing some text; 2 inked J.F. Ramirez stamps, library bookplate tipped to front pastedown. (JCB) Mexico: Pedro Balli, 1574

Auction archive: Lot number 323
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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