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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
[Le Songe de Poliphile]
Venise, Alde Manuce
1499
“LE SONGE DE POLIPHILE” is a typographic masterpiece, one of the few illustrated works to come out of the presses of Alde.
Copy with a remarkable provenance chain: Luigi de Cassano Serra (1747-1825), 4th Duke of Cassano, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), Henri Gallice (1854-1931), and Marcel Jeanson (1885-1942).
Original edition.
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