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BEMBO (PIETRO) Historiae Venetae libri XII, first edition, Venice, Paulus Manutius, 1551
25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
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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
Footnotes
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.
