Estimate € 200 - 300
Sold € 260
Auction: 21 November 2017 at 15:00
PLUTARCO (45-120) - Alcuni opusculetti de le cose morali del divino Plutarco in questa nostra lingua nuovamente tradotti. Venice: Michele Tramezzino, 1543. First Italian edition of a collection of excerpts from the Moralia translated by Antonio Massa and Giovanni Tarcagnota. 8vo (142 x 96mm). Large woodcut device on title and at end (occasional light waterstaining, final leaf with small hole and marginal tear). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (restored, new endpapers). Provenance: Giovanni Contarini (1549–1605, painter? ownership notes).
Estimate € 200 - 300