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Description:
Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612) Nova et Accurata Italiae Hodiernae Descriptio. Leiden: Elzevir, 1627. Oblong folio, illustrated with engraved title and 100 full page engraved maps and views, bound in full gilt-tooled leather, rebacked, new boards with old leather laid down, a careful restoration; extensive professional paper repairs throughout, ex libris Marcantonio Borghese, eighth Prince of Sulmona (1814-1886),with his bookplate pasted inside the front board, 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.
Estimate $10,000-12,000
*4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Eee4 (Eee4 blank and present).
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