$277
Bellori, Giovanni Pietro (1613-1696) Veterum Illustrium Philosophorum, Poetarum, Rhetorum, et Oratorum Imagines. Rome: Jacob de Rubeis, 1685. First edition, folio, illustrated with engraved frontispiece opposite title and ninety-two additional plates, engraved title to start each of the three sections dedicated to philosophers, poets, and prose writers and orators; bound in full contemporary calf (joints cracking, some surface wear to leather), ex libris Colonel Vesey, with his engraved bookplate pasted inside the front board, 13 x 8 1/2 in. [cross]2, 2[cross]2, 42 unsigned engraved leaves, A-E2, 30 unsigned engraved leaves, a-d2, 23 unsigned engraved leaves, A-D2. Estimate $400-600 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-07-23
