AUCTION 58: A COLLECTION OF RARE AND INTERESTING BOOKS, FROM THE 15TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
By HELIOS
Sunday, Mar 9, 12:00 PM
HELIOS AUCTIONS 1050 Second Avenue Gallery # 52 New York, NY 10022 USA, United States
A massive and varied collection of rare books and related material, ranging from 15th century incunabula and Reformation era Christian religious tomes, to 17th and 18th century scientific, philosophical, and medical texts, all the way to a First Edition of Einstein's Meaning of Relativity. Throughout this catalogue are swashbuckling adventures of the 18th and 19th centuries, Jewish and Islamic manuscripts, maps and atlases, and grand histories, among many other interesting subjects. Truly something for every type of collector.
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LOT 18:

1554 VICTORII PETRI VARIARUM LECTIONUM ANTIQUE 16TH CENTURY

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Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax: $ 752.81
Start price:
$ 550
Estimated price :
$850 - $1,100
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sales tax: 8.875% On lot's price, no sales tax on commission
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1554 VICTORII PETRI VARIARUM LECTIONUM ANTIQUE 16TH CENTURY

VICTORII, PETRI:

VARIARUM LECTIONUM. LIBRI XXV:

quae corrupta, mutila et praeposterè sita admiserat prima editio, haec second sedulò punishuit, suóque loco restituit ..

Vettori, Pietro, 1499-1585

Lugduni (Lyon): Apud. Ioannem Temporalem; 1554

Size 6 1/2 by 9 3/4"

4 lvs., 486 pp. , 1 leaf, 32 lvs.

Original hand tooled leather over wood panels, with some damages. Lacks clasps.

Old repair of the lower end of the spine, upper end of the spine damaged with ancient vellum manuscript visible.

Good interior condition.

Woodcut headers and capitals.

The author's name is handwritten at the edge.

Text in Latin

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