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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 216•
PLUTARCH Illustriam virorum vite, Paris, Iodocus Badius Ascensius, 15 July 1520
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,312.50 inc. premium
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PLUTARCH
Illustriam virorum vite, edited by Gérard de Verceil, title printed in red and black with historiated woodcut border and central image of a printer's workshop, numerous large criblé woodcut initials, contemporary north Italian blindstamped morocco, covers with a border or fleur-de-lys and ermines, enclosing a repeated Christogram "JHS", gilt morocco spine label, green edges, rubbed at extremities with small loss to head of spine, folio (328 x 215mm.), Paris, Iodocus Badius Ascensius, 15 July 1520
Footnotes
Provenance: Johannes Josephus Rabius, contemporary ownership inscription; Antonius Luepria, of Cuneo, 19 April 1589, both inside lower cover; Johannes Jacob Carante, of Cuneo; Ludovico Ma. Carante, ?eighteenth century inscriptions on title; K.J. Hewett, bookplate. Three of the early owners were from Cuneo, Piedmont in Northen Italy.





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