Estimate € 300 - 500
Sold € 280
Auction: 20 September 2022 at 10:00
[MILANO-STATUTI] - Statuta mediolani cum appostillis clarissimi viri iureconsulti mediolanensis domini. Milan: Giovanni Antonio Castiglione e Giovanni Battista Serono, 1552-1553 (manca il colophon). A wide margined copy of this work containing the Milanese "Statuti!. 2 parts in one volume, folio (306 x 205mm). Title within woodcut border with printer's device, woodcut initials (lacking colophon, some soiling, waterstaining, some other stain and foxing, final leaf repaired at bottom with losses reintegrated with printed text from another book). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (spine ends chipped, worming, covers bowed). Compared to the description in SBN, the first gathering is in 10 leaves instead of 8 and the final is in 12 leaves and ends with V12; a colophon dated 1512 was applied, but it does not correspond to that of this work; C3-C6, D2-D7, E2-E7 are printed with a larger font unlike some digital copies examined.
Estimate € 300 - 500