VAN SCIVER NOAHLivre Rare Book
Viaggio da Venetia al Santa Sepolcro & Al Monte Synai.
1521Best.-Nr. 31893AB1521. Niccolo Zoppino and Vincenzo di Paolo 1521. Small Octavo 15.5x11cm. D1-4 disbound and E1-O8 84 leaves - and therefore lacking entirely the first 3 gatherings half the fourth and everything after O8. This represents about two thirds of the book as published which contained 128 leaves. Hardcover / Bound in modern vellum with the armorial bookplate of William Bliss and blanks preceding the text amounting to the first 4 gatherings and afterwards. D1-4 are laid in and heavily worn with traces of an early inscription on the first leaf; the bound gatherings are in good to very good condition a little staining. Overall 116 of the books 158 wood cuts are present none of them the double-page city views. Comparison with other examples of this book suggests that this is one of the editions published by Zoppino in Venice between 1518 and 1538 all of which survive in tiny numbers. Source of Description and Images: Christian White Rare Books hardcover
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