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Auction archive: Lot number 790

PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Opera. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 388 leaves (first leaf supplied apparently from another copy, lacking final blank), 55 lines + headline, roman letter, 3-, 5- and 7-line initials in red and blue. Folio, 265 x 190 mm. (10¼ x 7...

Auction 12.11.1996
12 Nov 1996 - 13 Nov 1996
Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
US$1,725
Auction archive: Lot number 790

PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Opera. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 388 leaves (first leaf supplied apparently from another copy, lacking final blank), 55 lines + headline, roman letter, 3-, 5- and 7-line initials in red and blue. Folio, 265 x 190 mm. (10¼ x 7...

Auction 12.11.1996
12 Nov 1996 - 13 Nov 1996
Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
US$1,725
Beschreibung:

PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Opera. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 388 leaves (first leaf supplied apparently from another copy, lacking final blank), 55 lines + headline, roman letter, 3-, 5- and 7-line initials in red and blue. Folio, 265 x 190 mm. (10¼ x 7½ in.), blindstamped pigskin (replica?) binding, library labels on spine, minor worming; first page with library stamps, remargined (cut around and inlaid to size not affecting text) with extensive marginalia, lower margins of first portion (approx. 100 leaves) dampstained, remargined or with light wear, a few corners and outer margins of last leaves remargined, light worming and marginal staining; leather-backed folding case. THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF PETRARCH'S WORKS. Goff P365; HC 12749; BMC III, p. 757; IGI 7564.

Auction archive: Lot number 790
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 1996 - 13 Nov 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Opera. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 388 leaves (first leaf supplied apparently from another copy, lacking final blank), 55 lines + headline, roman letter, 3-, 5- and 7-line initials in red and blue. Folio, 265 x 190 mm. (10¼ x 7½ in.), blindstamped pigskin (replica?) binding, library labels on spine, minor worming; first page with library stamps, remargined (cut around and inlaid to size not affecting text) with extensive marginalia, lower margins of first portion (approx. 100 leaves) dampstained, remargined or with light wear, a few corners and outer margins of last leaves remargined, light worming and marginal staining; leather-backed folding case. THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF PETRARCH'S WORKS. Goff P365; HC 12749; BMC III, p. 757; IGI 7564.

Auction archive: Lot number 790
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 1996 - 13 Nov 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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