May 1, 2024 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Pietro Sardo on fortifications and artillery
SARDI, PIETRO
Corno dogale della architettura militare. Venice: [Giunta], 1639. First edition. Old vellum, edges sprinkled. 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (29 x 20 cm); half-title, engraved title-page with portrait of the author at the foot, [24], 220 pp. woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, engraved illustrations (some double-page), 8 double-page or folding etched plates outside the collation, and 38 illustrations in text (8 of which are double-page) throughout. The binding neatly rebacked, the half-title with a small paper restoration, some minor staining or toning but generally a clean copy, the stamp of a German military school on the eight plates, as well as the title verso and half-title (which also bears the earlier ink ownership of a Jesuit college), the fore-margin of the engraved title trimmed into the plate, a small piece of paper adhered to a minute tear on the final leaf.
An important work on fortification and artillery, dedicated to Francisco Erizzo, Doge and "Serenissimo Pricipe" of Venice, largely influenced by methods developed in the Low Countries. This is something of a tour de force of illustration, with its elegant plates and diagrams.
Sold for $608
Estimated at $400 - $600
Includes Buyer's Premium
SARDI, PIETRO
Corno dogale della architettura militare. Venice: [Giunta], 1639. First edition. Old vellum, edges sprinkled. 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (29 x 20 cm); half-title, engraved title-page with portrait of the author at the foot, [24], 220 pp. woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, engraved illustrations (some double-page), 8 double-page or folding etched plates outside the collation, and 38 illustrations in text (8 of which are double-page) throughout. The binding neatly rebacked, the half-title with a small paper restoration, some minor staining or toning but generally a clean copy, the stamp of a German military school on the eight plates, as well as the title verso and half-title (which also bears the earlier ink ownership of a Jesuit college), the fore-margin of the engraved title trimmed into the plate, a small piece of paper adhered to a minute tear on the final leaf.
An important work on fortification and artillery, dedicated to Francisco Erizzo, Doge and "Serenissimo Pricipe" of Venice, largely influenced by methods developed in the Low Countries. This is something of a tour de force of illustration, with its elegant plates and diagrams.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 1, 2024
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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on May 1, 2024 Totals $1.2 Million
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A Medieval Manuscript Rules of St. Augustine Achieves $102k
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Competitive bidding at Doyle’s May 1, 2024 auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps drove strong prices and a sale total that topped $1.2 million, surpassing expectations.
Featured in the sale was a fascinating selection of early manuscripts that achieved exceptional results. Highlighting the group was a 14th century manuscript of the Rules of St. Augustine from an English priory that soared over its $8,000-12,000 estimate to realize a stunning $102,100. The Rule of St. Augustine is among the earliest of all monastic rules, created about 400, and it was an influence on all that succeeded it. Other notable results included a 14th century Etymologiae of St. Isidore estimated at $5,000-8,000 that achieved $51,200 and a 15th century Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier estimated at $10,000-15,000 that sold for $28,800.
A first edition of John James Audubon's octavo Birds of America sold for $41,600, far over its $25,000-35,000 estimate. Published in 1840-1844 in seven volumes, the first octavo edition was the final Birds of America publication overseen by Audubon in his lifetime.
The Fred Rotondaro Collection offered rare books and manuscripts on a range of subjects touching the African American experience in the United States over three centuries. A first edition copy of Frederick Douglass’ 1876 speech at the unveiling of the Freedman's Monument in Washington realized $12,800, far exceeding its $3,000-5,000 estimate. A first edition of the first issue of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin from 1852 also achieved $12,800.
Highlighting the range of offerings from the Ken Harte Collection of Natural History was a first edition Richard Bowdler Sharpe’s beautifully illustrated monograph of Kingfishers, 1868-71, that sold for $14,080, doubling its $6,000-8,000 estimate. It was accompanied by an inscribed copy of the rare unfinished chapter on the anatomy of the kingfisher by James Murie.
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