Lot 135
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SAVONAROLA, Girolamo (1452-1498). El triumpho de la cruz. Translated from the Italian by Juan Lorenzo Otovanti. Valladolid: Francisco Fernandez de Cordova, 25 July 1548. 8° (201 x 141mm). Black letter. Woodcut title arms and publisher's device on colophon, woodcut initials. (Marginal repairs in title and a few other leaves, some soiling, spotting and browning.) 20th-century leather in a contemporary style, the sides panelled in blind with roll tolls and a large central cross filled with sprays, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: early ownership inscription at foot of title, and some related marginalia and underlining -- purchased from José Porter, 1952.
SAVONAROLA, Girolamo (1452-1498). El triumpho de la cruz. Translated from the Italian by Juan Lorenzo Otovanti. Valladolid: Francisco Fernandez de Cordova, 25 July 1548. 8° (201 x 141mm). Black letter. Woodcut title arms and publisher's device on colophon, woodcut initials. (Marginal repairs in title and a few other leaves, some soiling, spotting and browning.) 20th-century leather in a contemporary style, the sides panelled in blind with roll tolls and a large central cross filled with sprays, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: early ownership inscription at foot of title, and some related marginalia and underlining -- purchased from José Porter, 1952.

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SAVONAROLA, Girolamo (1452-1498). El triumpho de la cruz. Translated from the Italian by Juan Lorenzo Otovanti. Valladolid: Francisco Fernandez de Cordova, 25 July 1548. 8° (201 x 141mm). Black letter. Woodcut title arms and publisher's device on colophon, woodcut initials. (Marginal repairs in title and a few other leaves, some soiling, spotting and browning.) 20th-century leather in a contemporary style, the sides panelled in blind with roll tolls and a large central cross filled with sprays, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: early ownership inscription at foot of title, and some related marginalia and underlining -- purchased from José Porter, 1952.

FIRST EDITION IN SPANISH OF SAVONAROLA'S CHIEF WORK. Worldcat locates only 3 copies at Barcelona University Library, Boston Public Library, and Newberry Library. On-line ABPC and AE show no copies previously sold at auction. Palau XX, 303295.

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