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BEMBO (PIETRO)
Historiae Venetae libri XII, first edition, Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1551

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BEMBO (PIETRO)

Historiae Venetae libri XII, first edition, Aldine device on title and final leaf, historiated woodcut initials, a few faint marginal annotations, crushed dark olive morocco gilt by W. Pratt, g.e. [Ahmanson-Murphy 420; Renouard 52:17, "Belle édition"; Adams B597], folio (292 x 190mm.), Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1551

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First edition of Bembo's history of his native Venice from 1487 to 1513, in which he drew upon the diaries of the Venetian historian Marin Sanudo (1466-1535).

Provenance: Thomas Beet, bookseller's ticket, with pencil note of sale May 1865; T. Farmer Bailey, bookplate.

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