Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 210
210. Cicero (Marcus Tullius) pr o m fo n t e i o, title with large
wodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials, upper corners stained,
modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Not in Adams; Renouard,
Badius Ascensius, II, 314:1], small 4to, [Paris], [Jose Badius],
[7th January, 1530]. £250 - £350
*** A scarce work from the press of Badius.
Lot 211
211. Steinhöwel (Heinrich) Be s c h r e i B u n g e e i n e r ch r o n i c v o n
an fa n g e r d e r we lt B i s s a u f f ke y s e r fr i d e r i c h d e n dr i t t e n, title
with portraits of the author and editor, woodcut illustrations, lacking
final blank, occasional early ink marginalia and underlining, repair
to foot of F3&4, stained, a little closely trimmed at head, antique
style modern calf, [Not in Adams], small 4to, Frankfurt, Christian
Egenolph, 1531. £700 - £900
*** Rare. Steinhöwel was a physician in Esslingen and later Ulm.
He was greatly influenced by the Italian Renaissance, translating
Bocaccio and Petrarch, but is best remembered for his translation
of Aesop’s Fables.
Lot 212
212. Giovio (Paolo) co m e n ta r i o d e l e co s e d e’ tu r c h i, italic type,
woodcut printer’s device to title and verso of final otherwise blank
f., capital spaces with guide-letters, early ink page numbers and
underlining, upper corner of title and A2&3 repaired, A4 and B1
with marginal repairs, repaired tear to G1&2 and K1&2, within
text, but with very minor loss, colophon f. strengthened at inner
margin recto and with a few small holes to margins, some light
soiling (heavier to title), antique style speckled calf, [Adams G680;
Censimento 16 CNCE 21150], 4to, [Rome], [Antonio Blado d’Asola
in le case de meser Gioanbatista di Massimi], 1535. £600 - £800
*** A scarce work in any condition. We can trace only 2 other
copies at auction (1 the Atabey copy sold in 2002). Giovio served
as personal physician to Pope Clement VII and later as Bishop of
Nocera de’ Pagani.
Lot 213
213. Lucanus (Marcus Aeneas) de Be l l o civili liB r i x.,
italic letter, woodcut printer’s device to title and historiated and
decorative initials, 2 ink stamps to title, recased in contemporary
vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, soiled, [Not in Adams], an
attractive edition, 8vo, Cologne, Martin Gymnicus, 1546
£200 - £300