Auction Closed
October 12, 08:25 PM GMT
Estimate
200 - 300 USD
Lot Details
Description
Benci, Francesco. Oratio in funere M. Antonii Mureti... habita Romae in templo S. Trinitatis in colle hortulorum... XIV kal. Quintil. M.D.LXXXV. Paris: Robert Colomb🍸el "in Aldina bibliotheca", 1585
Benci's funeral speech for Marc-Antoine Muret appeared from printers acr🐟oss Europe, from Rome to ൩Lyon to Ingolstadt to Parma.
8vo (160 x 106 mm). Roman type, 32 lines. collation: A4 B6: 10 leaves. Woodcut Aldine d🍬evice on title-page. (Very slight damp-staining.)
binding: Modern paper wrappers (164 x 109 mm).
provenance: Claude Feydeau (1560-1650?), signature on first and last leaves dated 1685 — Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Early printed books (Luzern 2004), item 6 (CHF 900). acquisition: Purchased from Gilhofer & Ranschburg. references: Not found in USTC, but there is a copy in Reims