Franciscus Octavius Cleofilus of Fano (Francesco Ottavio Cleofilo). Anthropotheomachia. Historia de bello Fanensi. Et quaedam alia.

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 122

(SONCINO PRESS)

Franciscus Octavius Cleofilus of Fano (Francesco Ottavio Cleofilo). Anthropotheomachia. Historia de bello Fanensi. Et quaedam alia.

<<First Edition.>> ff. (64). Later vellum, Valmadonna-custom gilt-titling on spine. 12mo. Housed in fitted slip-case. Adams C-2171; Annali Tipografici dei Soncino 96.

Fano: Hieronymus Soncinus (i.e. Gershom Soncino) 1516

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,800

Forced to move due to constant religious persecution, Gershom Soncino established presses and printed books successively in Soncino, Brescia, Barco, Fano, Pesaro, Ortono, Rimini, Cesena and Salonika. He remained longest in Fano, establishing there the city’s first press in 1502 and leaving in 1505 and returning for a brief period in 1515-17.