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CREVENNA-BOLONGARO, Pietro Antonio (c.1740-1792) – Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothéque [sic] de M. Pierre-Antoine Bolongaro-Crevenna. Amsterdam: D.J. Changuion & P. den Hengst, 1789, sold from 26 April to 15 June 1790. 4 volumes of 5 [without the index volume], 8° (208 x 128mm). With half-titles. One facsimile plate in the first volume. (Without blanks, occasional minor spotting or light soiling, last title with a small old repair.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco label, black morocco numbering piece with red morocco onlay, edges sprinkled red (extremities lightly rubbed).
Volume 1 priced in red and black pencil. Compiled by Crevenna's librarian Tommaso de Ocheda, this most bibliophile collection contained approximately 280 manuscripts and more than 1,500 incunables (as stated in the preface). Lot 68, accompanied by the only illustration of the catalogue, describes what is now known as the 49-line Mentelin Bible (GW 4203).
Volume 1 priced in red and black pencil. Compiled by Crevenna's librarian Tommaso de Ocheda, this most bibliophile collection contained approximately 280 manuscripts and more than 1,500 incunables (as stated in the preface). Lot 68, accompanied by the only illustration of the catalogue, describes what is now known as the 49-line Mentelin Bible (GW 4203).
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