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Auction archive: Lot number 328

Sicilian Tale.- Iolanda di Sicilia

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$512 - US$769
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 328

Sicilian Tale.- Iolanda di Sicilia

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$512 - US$769
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Sicilian Tale.- Iolanda di Sicilia, novella istorica e galante, 2 parts, lacking title, 2 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, minor water staining to a couple of leaves, final blank torn, contemporary carta rustica, soiled and a little worm holed, [Filippini, Bibliothecæ oratorii panormitanæ congregationis…, 1744, p. 86; Bibliografia sicola sistematica…, 1855, p. 144], 12mo, Pontio Bernardon, [Venice], 1688. *** Very rare. Unrecorded in worldwide public libraries and at auction. This novel first appeared in French in Paris. The author is believed to be a member of the Caffaro family, who migrated to France after the Messina revolt (1672–78). In 1687 Ponzio had published 2 other tales entitled ‘Il conte Roggiero sovrano della Calabria ulteriore novella historica’ and 'D. Giovanni d'Austria: Historia galante e vera'.

Auction archive: Lot number 328
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
Beschreibung:

Sicilian Tale.- Iolanda di Sicilia, novella istorica e galante, 2 parts, lacking title, 2 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, minor water staining to a couple of leaves, final blank torn, contemporary carta rustica, soiled and a little worm holed, [Filippini, Bibliothecæ oratorii panormitanæ congregationis…, 1744, p. 86; Bibliografia sicola sistematica…, 1855, p. 144], 12mo, Pontio Bernardon, [Venice], 1688. *** Very rare. Unrecorded in worldwide public libraries and at auction. This novel first appeared in French in Paris. The author is believed to be a member of the Caffaro family, who migrated to France after the Messina revolt (1672–78). In 1687 Ponzio had published 2 other tales entitled ‘Il conte Roggiero sovrano della Calabria ulteriore novella historica’ and 'D. Giovanni d'Austria: Historia galante e vera'.

Auction archive: Lot number 328
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
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