LOT 3541
17th July 2024
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LOT 3541
BERTELLI, Pietro. Diversarum Nationum Habitus Centum, et quattuor iconibus in aer incises diligenter expressi, item Ordines Duo Processionum. Unus Summi Pontificis alter Sereniss. Principis Venetiarum. Padua: Alciati and Pietro Bertelli, 1589. First edition, part 1 only, 8vo (164 x 116mm.) Engraved title with architectural border, leaf of engraved arms, 96 engraved plates of different nations, 3 with moveable over-slips, interleaved with blank leaves, numerous near contemporary ink quotations verso plates and on blanks. (Lacking 10 plates and dedication leaves, plates 49 and 50 with shorter lower margins, plate 79 with a 3-inch tear, marginal damp-staining, browning.) Contemporary blind-stamped vellum, gilt, blind-stamp of Fortuna to covers, g.e. (upper cover heavily rubbed, extremities rubbed with minor loss, lacking ties). Note: from plate 59 to the last leaf the book has been used by Ericus George Hédermann as an album amicorum, or book of commonplace jottings and quotations from acquaintances. These mostly date from 1620-1623. Provenance: Enrico George Hédermann (ink dedication to verso plate 69). [Colas 316].
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