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Auction archive: Lot number 58

MEDICI, Cosimo de'-- Descrizione delle Feste fatte nelle reali nozze de' Serenissimi Principi di Toscana D. Cosimo de' Medici e Maria Maddalena Arciduchessa d'Austria . Florence: I. Giunta, 1608. Woodcut arms on title, 5 folding engraved plates by Ma...

Auction 23.11.1994
23 Nov 1994
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,589 - US$2,384
Price realised:
£920
ca. US$1,462
Auction archive: Lot number 58

MEDICI, Cosimo de'-- Descrizione delle Feste fatte nelle reali nozze de' Serenissimi Principi di Toscana D. Cosimo de' Medici e Maria Maddalena Arciduchessa d'Austria . Florence: I. Giunta, 1608. Woodcut arms on title, 5 folding engraved plates by Ma...

Auction 23.11.1994
23 Nov 1994
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,589 - US$2,384
Price realised:
£920
ca. US$1,462
Beschreibung:

MEDICI, Cosimo de'-- Descrizione delle Feste fatte nelle reali nozze de' Serenissimi Principi di Toscana D. Cosimo de' Medici e Maria Maddalena Arciduchessa d'Austria . Florence: I. Giunta, 1608. Woodcut arms on title, 5 folding engraved plates by Mathieu Greuter. (1 plate torn into illustration without loss, first few leaves with tears and small wormholes touching a few letters.) Vinet 608 (referring to this as the second edition, "volume curieux, omis par Brunet"). Bound with: Michelangelo BUONARROTI (the younger). Il Giudizio di Paridi . Florence: Sermartelli Press, 1608. (First 5 leaves from a smaller copy; title laid down.) Gamba 1727; Parenti 64); and 14 other works, mostly in verse, all but one celebrating the marriage of Cosimo de' Medici and Archduchess Maria Magdelena of Austria. 4° (210 x 144mm). (Some leaves slightly spotted or browned.) Later vellum. Provenance : various collection stamps on title of first work.

Auction archive: Lot number 58
Auction:
Datum:
23 Nov 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

MEDICI, Cosimo de'-- Descrizione delle Feste fatte nelle reali nozze de' Serenissimi Principi di Toscana D. Cosimo de' Medici e Maria Maddalena Arciduchessa d'Austria . Florence: I. Giunta, 1608. Woodcut arms on title, 5 folding engraved plates by Mathieu Greuter. (1 plate torn into illustration without loss, first few leaves with tears and small wormholes touching a few letters.) Vinet 608 (referring to this as the second edition, "volume curieux, omis par Brunet"). Bound with: Michelangelo BUONARROTI (the younger). Il Giudizio di Paridi . Florence: Sermartelli Press, 1608. (First 5 leaves from a smaller copy; title laid down.) Gamba 1727; Parenti 64); and 14 other works, mostly in verse, all but one celebrating the marriage of Cosimo de' Medici and Archduchess Maria Magdelena of Austria. 4° (210 x 144mm). (Some leaves slightly spotted or browned.) Later vellum. Provenance : various collection stamps on title of first work.

Auction archive: Lot number 58
Auction:
Datum:
23 Nov 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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