Lot n° 10  | Auction 471

Estimate € 3,000 - 5,000

Sold € 6,500

Auction: 21 January 2020 at 15:00

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MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio (1555-1617) - Italia. Bologna: Clemente Ferroni, 1632 [ma 1620 al frontespizio].   Third edition of the first atlas of Italy by an Italian complete of its 61 engraved plates. The first edition was printed in 1620 and then republished in 1630 and in the present 1632 edition.   Folio (384 x 270mm). Engraved title by Oliviero Gatto, portrait of the author, 61 engraved plates, mainly double-page, woodcut initials and headpieces (title remargined, first leaves and few plates with waterstaining repaired to bottom margin, modern guards, some maps with small loss due to worming at inner margin, maps of Cremona and Veneto with repairs at inner margin, maps of the Trevigiano, Bellunese and Cadorino repaired at bottom corner with small loss, map of the region of Bologna stained, some other waterstaining and smaller repairs). Modern vellum, speckled edges. Provenance: Ottavio Greco della Mirandola (Count, 1744-1811; red stamp on title).


Estimate € 3,000 - 5,000

Sold € 6,500

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