[EARLY PRINTING]. 3 WORKS BY ANNABEL CARO (5 VOLS). ++ De Le Lettere Familiari Del Commendatore. 2 Vols in 1. Venice: Bernardo Giunti, 1591. 8vo. [8],1-176; [8],1-272 pages. Later half calf & speckled boards. Leather dry and worn, board rubbed, endpaper toned. Interior crisp, minor dampstain on few pages. ++ De Le Lettere Familiari Del Commendatore. 2 Vols. Padova: Presso Giuseppe Comino, 1725. 12mo. Tree paper boards, leather backs & tips. Spine of Vol I chipped, that of Vol II lacking, corner worn. Interior very good. ++ L'Eneide Di Virgilio Del Commendatore. 2 Vols. Parigi: Presso Vedova Quillau, 1760. 8vo. Contemporary full polished calf, 6 panels spine decorated in gilt, two leather spine labels, all edges gilt. Joints slightly rubbed, one joint starting, corners worn. Interiors fresh. Ex-libris E.D. Le Tellier De Courtanvaux. Engraved frontispieces and titles, other full-page engravings and headpieces. Estimate $300-400
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ambassador and Mrs. William H.G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC, by descent from Ignaz Petschek and Nikodem Caro, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
