$4,613
Fossati, Giorgio (1706-1778) Raccolta di Varie Favole Delineate, ed Incise in Rame. Venice: Carlo Pecora, 1744. Six large quarto volumes in three [together with] an additional large-paper copy of volume six; the six-volume set illustrated with 216 full-page plates that depict the action in the fable; the extra copy of the sixth volume with thirty-six plates; the plates in volumes one and two printed in green ink; plates in volumes three and four printed in red; those in volumes five and six printed in black; plates present, lacking two titles and four leaves of allegories; plates in the extra volume six printed in red, blue, green, and brown; six volumes in three bound in full contemporary parchment over boards, middle volume with damage to the spine, 11 1/2 x 8 in.; extra volume six disbound, untrimmed throughout, ex libris Oscar Camponovo, with his bookplate, 12 1/2 x 9 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-30