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Auction archive: Lot number 42

Herodotus

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$30,912 - US$46,368
Price realised:
£47,500
ca. US$73,416
Auction archive: Lot number 42

Herodotus

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$30,912 - US$46,368
Price realised:
£47,500
ca. US$73,416
Beschreibung:

Herodotus HISTORIAE [TRANSLATED BY LAURENTIUS VALLA, EDITED BY BENEDICTUS BROGNOLUS]. VENICE: JACOBUS RUBEUS [BEFORE DECEMBER] 1474 Chancery folio (289 x 196mm.), 260 leaves (initial blank bound at end), [a-z A-B10 C6 D4], 35 lines, roman type, 2- to 7-line initial spaces with printed guides, b6r with early annotations in red, some deckle edges, a few contemporary manuscript signatures, modern marbled calf, morocco lettering-pieces on spine, traces of old yellow edges, first 2 leaves frayed at foot, last few leaves frayed at foredge, washed (with loss of early manuscript annotations), a few wormholes at beginning and end

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Herodotus HISTORIAE [TRANSLATED BY LAURENTIUS VALLA, EDITED BY BENEDICTUS BROGNOLUS]. VENICE: JACOBUS RUBEUS [BEFORE DECEMBER] 1474 Chancery folio (289 x 196mm.), 260 leaves (initial blank bound at end), [a-z A-B10 C6 D4], 35 lines, roman type, 2- to 7-line initial spaces with printed guides, b6r with early annotations in red, some deckle edges, a few contemporary manuscript signatures, modern marbled calf, morocco lettering-pieces on spine, traces of old yellow edges, first 2 leaves frayed at foot, last few leaves frayed at foredge, washed (with loss of early manuscript annotations), a few wormholes at beginning and end

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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