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Fine Books and Manuscripts
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1338 West Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60607 ![]()
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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI
La geneologia de gli dei de gentili . . . tradotta per M. Gioseppe Bertussi da Bassano. Venice: Apresso Giovan. Antonio Bertai, 1560. 8vo, full leather, spine gilt in compartments, four raised bands, engraved title vignette, engraved initials throughout. Early Bertussi edition (first edition printed in 1547). Professional repair to spine; hinges cracked; dampstaining to some pages; contemporary manuscript notes to endpapers and manuscript ex-libris to title page; book plate tipped in front pastedown; minor wormholing to interior; wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago Condition reportAny condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.
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