$277
Aprosio, Angelico, [aka Ludovico] (1607-1681) La Biblioteca Aprosiana Passatempo Autunnale di Cornelio Aspasio Antiviglimi Tra, Vagabondi di Tabbia detto l'Aggirato . Bologna: li Manolessi, 1673. First edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece by Striglioni after Piola depicting the Aprosio Library, and one text woodcut of a monument with Egyptian hieroglyphics, one small spot of printed surface lifted away on the engraved title, bound in contemporary sheepskin with yapp edges, spine missing, front board detached, first seventy-five pages with a fore edge corner waterstain, otherwise clean, 733 pages. Aprosio, an Augustinian monk, amassed a library of approximately 8,000 during his lifetime, it forms the core of the public library of Ventimiglia, still extant today, on the Italian Riviera.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18