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(Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography, 31st January 2019) MAURO, LUCIO LE ANTICHITÀ DELLA CITTÀ DI ROMA BREVISSIMAMENTE RACCOLTE DA CHIUNQUE HÀ SCRITTO, Ò ANTICO, Ò MODERNO Venice: appresso Giordano Ziletti, 1562. 8vo., printer's device on the title page, 19th century blind stamped and ruled calf, arms stamped in blind on the upper cover, by Christie, title page a little dusty and with early repairs to the outer edges, lacking last two leaves (the first with a device on the verso, the second a blank) with the bookplates of John and Michael BuryProvenance: From the Library of the Late John Bernard Bury Note: USTC 841614. First published in 1542, this guidebook also contains Ulisse Androvandi's Delle statue antiche. The arms on the upper cover are the Marital Arms of Sir George Granville Leveson-Gower, KG, the 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Sutherland the Countess of Sutherland. Sir George was the eldest son of Granville Leveson-Gower, the 1st Marquess of Stafford and his second wife, Lady Louisa Egerton, the daughter and eventual co-heiress of Scroop Egerton, the 1st Duke of Bridgwater, whilst Elizabeth was the second and surviving daughter of William Sutherland, the 18th Earl of Sutherland and his wife, Mary Maxwell, the daughter and co-heiress of William Maxwell of Preston in the County of Kirkcudbrightshire. George was appointed a Knight of the Garter when the 2nd Marquess of Stafford on the 22nd March 1805. Given the date of George's elevation within the peerage and his death we may presume that he commissioned the binding of this book (undoubtedly with others) sometime between January 1833, the month of his creation as the Duke of Sutherland and July 1833 the month of his death. It has not been not possible to identify the particular Christie from the Scottish Book Trade Index. Estimate £150 - £250 Buyer's premium: 25% (up to £100,000) then 20% thereafter (exclusive of VAT). Whisky & Spirits sales are charged at 15% (exclusive of VAT). Download lot details PDF