Estimate € 200 - 300
Sold € 180
Auction: 21 November 2017 at 15:00
GRASSETTI, Giacomo - Vita della B. Caterina di Bologna. Bologna: Bartolomeo Cochi, 1620. Rare first edition of a work of which we could only trace 6 copies in Italian libraries. The work was published again in 1724 and is often believed to be a first edition. 4to (226 x 168mm). Elaborate engraved frontispiece, woodcut headpiece and initials (3 tiny wormholes in margin of frontispiece). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine and on top edge.
Estimate € 200 - 300