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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT
K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 177•
CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS) Commentarii... Tradotti di latino in volgar lingua per Agostino Ortica, [Venice, Nicolo Zoppino], 1530
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £637.50 inc. premium
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CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS)
Commentarii... Tradotti di latino in volgar lingua per Agostino Ortica, title printed in red and black with woodcut border, woodcut illustrations in the text, full-page printer's device at end, lacks 6 preliminary leaves (*3-8), some spotting to opening leaves, rebound in early sixteenth century dark morocco gilt over boards, possibly by the Sanvito Binder, sides with double gilt fillet enclosing a 'guilloche' border of linked S-tools, a wider border composed of a lyre-shaped tool, a hexagonal centre panel with rossett centre-piece formed by impressions of a quarter-segment classical acanthus tool with a large free-hand-bud tool at top and bottom, slightly rubbed, preserved in black morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman, 8vo (145 x 102mm.), [Venice, Nicolo Zoppino], 1530
Footnotes
The binding, the decorations for which can be associated with the Roman "Sanvito Binder" (for comparison see Harley Ms 2692, British Library), is a later addition to the book.
Provenance: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), of Franche Hall, Worcestershire, bookplate; Gerald Tomkinson, his sale 31 May 1960, lot 230, catalogue description ("... cut black morocco Venetian binding"), loosely inserted; K.J. Hewett, book label inside lower cover.





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