![PETRARCA (FRANCESCO) [Sonetti e canzoni], Venice, 1538](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-07/19/8549543-79-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "PETRARCA (FRANCESCO) [Sonetti e canzoni], Venice, 1538 Sold for £500 inc. premium")
2 Oct 2012
14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Early Printing and English Books to 1640
Back to auction 20412
Early Printing and English Books to 1640
Back to auction 20412
PETRARCA (FRANCESCO)
[Sonetti e canzoni], woodcut portrait on title, double-page woodcut map, cut a little close in places touching some letters, blank margin of title and last few leaves a little abraided, the Eduardo Bullrich of Buenos Aires copy, with his leather label (sale at Sothebys, 17 March 1952, lot 296, sold for £1), sixteenth century French binding of vellum gilt, with olive wreath in centre of covers, spine gilt with carnation tool in compartments, g.e., minor wear [Adams P804], 4to, Venice, Bartolomeo Zanetti, 1538
Sold for
£500
inc. premium
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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