Davis & Orioli (London)

(21.5 cm), 96 pp., 2 leaves of plates (pls.I-IV), illustrations. 327 items; priced. Self-wrappers. - Includes (item 24) the dedication copy to Alfonso d’Este of Bartholomaeus Riccius, Epistolarum familiarium (Ferrara 1562) in an binding with covers lettered “Alf Atestio Ferr Pr” and B R D D (Bartholomeus Riccius dat dicat); item 69 is the 1536 Dante in a binding for the Roman bibliophile Jerónimo Ruiz. Item 75 is a four-volume manuscript of Charles De Brosses, “Lettres sur l’Italie” (returned to the market in the Pierre Jammes sale, Sotheby’s, Paris, 12 October 2010, lot 49). ¶ Tear in pp.3/4; wrappers worn along the back.