Estimate € 200 - 300
Sold € 380
Auction: 19 September 2023 at 10:00
DOLCE, Lodovico (1508-1568) - Vita di Carlo Quinto. Venice: Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari, 1567. An edition in fine binding of this encomiastic writing dedicated to Charles V of Habsburg. The work is followed, with its own title, by "Immortalità dell'invittissimo et gloriosiss. imperator Carlo Quinto". 2 parts in a volume, 4to (197 x 145mm). Allegorical engraved title with portrait of Charles V, printer's device on second title and at colophon of both works, woodcut initials and head-and-tail pieces (title slightly cropped at lower margin, some light staining and waterstaining, some light browning). Contemporary limp vellum, gilt decorations on covers and spine (modern endpapers, slight losses, some staining).
Estimate € 200 - 300