(Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography, 31st January 2019) FENDT, TOBIAS MONUMENTA SEPULCRORUM CUM EPIGRAPHIS, INGENIO ET DOCTRINA EXCELLENTIUM VIRORUM: aliorumque tam prisci quam nostri seculi memorabilium hominum: de archetypis expressa. [Breslau: Crispin Scharffenberg], 1574. Folio, engraved title-page, 129 engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt arabesque centrepiece, small tear at foot of title-page, a few small tears to plates, occasional light damp-staining, rebacked, endpapers renewed, with the bookplates of John and Michael BuryProvenance: From the Library of the Late John Bernard Bury Note: USTC 676427; Berlin Katalog 3673. Fendt's engravings of tombs were commissioned by Siegfried Rybisch of Breslau, an Imperial councillor, who had visited most of them on a visit to Italy. The tombs of famous people range from Classical Greece and Rome through to modern-day Italy and Germany, from Euripides to Melanchthon, and were much studied and copied. It is dedicated to Rudolf II, and a second edition was published in Frankfurt in 1585, and a third in 1589. Estimate £800 - £1,200 Buyer's premium: 25% (up to £100,000) then 20% thereafter (exclusive of VAT). Whisky & Spirits sales are charged at 15% (exclusive of VAT). Download lot details PDF
(Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography, 31st January 2019) FENDT, TOBIAS MONUMENTA SEPULCRORUM CUM EPIGRAPHIS, INGENIO ET DOCTRINA EXCELLENTIUM VIRORUM: aliorumque tam prisci quam nostri seculi memorabilium hominum: de archetypis expressa. [Breslau: Crispin Scharffenberg], 1574. Folio, engraved title-page, 129 engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt arabesque centrepiece, small tear at foot of title-page, a few small tears to plates, occasional light damp-staining, rebacked, endpapers renewed, with the bookplates of John and Michael BuryProvenance: From the Library of the Late John Bernard Bury Note: USTC 676427; Berlin Katalog 3673. Fendt's engravings of tombs were commissioned by Siegfried Rybisch of Breslau, an Imperial councillor, who had visited most of them on a visit to Italy. The tombs of famous people range from Classical Greece and Rome through to modern-day Italy and Germany, from Euripides to Melanchthon, and were much studied and copied. It is dedicated to Rudolf II, and a second edition was published in Frankfurt in 1585, and a third in 1589. Estimate £800 - £1,200 Buyer's premium: 25% (up to £100,000) then 20% thereafter (exclusive of VAT). Whisky & Spirits sales are charged at 15% (exclusive of VAT). Download lot details PDF
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