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Lot 27
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
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Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$3,000 -
4,000
Price Realized
$6,875
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Lot Description
CAESAR, Caius Julius (100-44 B.C.). [The Commentaries]. Commentarii. Milan: Philippus Lavagna, 1478.
Folio (311 x 224 mm). Collation: a–p⁸qr⁶. 132 leaves with fol 132, blank (of 152, lacking 20 leaf index, comprising A-B8 C4). 42 lines, headlines in manuscript throughout. Type: 112R. Capital spaces with guide letters. 19th century calf gilt (joints starting, some light wear). Provenance: early manuscript headlines, foliation and marginal annotations (marginal annotations occasionally trimmed); John Shepard Eells, Jr. (armorial bookplate).
Reprinted from Zarotus' 1476 edition, omitting P. J. Philelphus' dedication. RARE: according to online records, only one copy of this edition has sold at auction in the last 40 years (sold Lawrence, 17 January 2006, lot 228). BMC VI, 706; BSB-Ink C-26; Goff C-20; GW 5867; Hain 4216; ISTC ic00020000 (citing only 24 institutional holdings).
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi
