Lot no. 3
FORESTI DE BERGAME (Jacobus Philippus). SUPPLEMENTUM CHRONICARUM. Venice, Bernardinus Rizus, 1490. In gothic folio of [11]-261 leaves, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). Second illustrated edition of this famous chronicle, the first having appeared in 1483. It contains at the beginning of the text a large woodcut in a beautiful frame representing the creation of the world, 3 other large woodcuts including the Tower of Babel which appears for the first time and 63 VERY NICE VIEWS of cities including Rome and Venice which are particularly beautiful. Circles, a few traces of moisture in the bottom margin, and small galleries with damage to some letters (Sander 917) (ISTC ij00211000) (Essling 343).
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10/03/2024
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