13th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Bianconi (Gio. Lodovico).
Descrizione Dei Circhi Particolarmente di Quelllo di Caracalla E Dei Giuochi in Essi Celebrati.
Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1789, folio, xxi, 130, [2] pages, twenty plates (seven folding), five vignettes, some tanning and staining to pages but plates generally clean, small hole in leaf O1, initials stamped on title, binding weak, gutter gaping in places, worn limp card covers.
Sold for £160
Estimated at £300 - £500
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 13th Dec, 2023
The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.
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Tuesday 12 December 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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