91. Roma Sacra, Antica e Moderna, 3 parts in 1, engraved additional title, folding plate, woodcuts in the text, acquisition note on fly-leaf of Christopher Sykes, some staining and browning, later calf-backed boards, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Rome, Giovanni Battista Molo, 1687.
est. £200 – £300
Note reads ‘Christopher Sykes, Paris. Bought on the Quay d’Orsay for 1 Franc. March 20th 1855.’ Perhaps Christopher Sykes, of Sledmere, Yorkshire (1831-98), friend of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and victim of many of his more obvious practical jokes.