Lot 297

CATHERINE OF SIENNA, Saint (1347-80). Lettere Devotissime della Beata Vergine Santa Caterina da Siena, Venice, 1562, 4to, contemporary vellum. With Francesco Patrizi's Della Poetica (Ferrara, 1586, 2 vols. bound in one, 4to, contemporary vellum. (2)

Estimate: £150 - £250
Hammer price: £350
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

CATHERINE OF SIENNA, Saint (1347-80).  Lettere devotissime della Beata Vergine Santa Caterina da Siena, Nouvamente con tutta la Diligentia che si ha Potuta Ristampate. Venice: Nella contrada di Santa Maria formosa, al segno della Speranza, 1562. 4to (206 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, printed in double column, woodcut historiated and foliated initials (piece torn away from lower fore-corner of title not affecting letters, occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots, heavier mainly marginal staining towards the end). Contemporary limp vellum, title in old manuscript on the spine (creased and stained, inner hinges broken, front and rear endpapers detached). Provenance: inscription dated 1629 at the foot of the title; Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (armorial bookplate on detached front endpaper). With Francesco Patrizi's Della Poetica ... La Deca Istoriale [Second vol.: Disputata] (Ferrara, 1586, 2 vols. bound in one, 4to, contemporary limp vellum, FIRST EDITION). (2)

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