Live auction - Lot 910

[Latin literature - Basel imprint]

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De factorum dictionumque memorabilium exemplis libri nouem [...]. Una cum Henrichi Loriti Glareani [...] annotationibus [...].

Basel, H. Petri, 1562

€ 250 / 400

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8vo: [24]-532-[2, 2 bl.], [1, 1 bl.]-113)[2, 2 bl., 1] pp. (sl. toned, sm. dampstain in top margin of final ff., piece of blank fore-edge margin f. bb5 torn off and repaired, single wormhole in last ff.).

Cont. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, bevelled edges, spine on 3 raised bands titled in ink, metal catches (soiled, clasps gone, endpapers lifted). Excellent copy.

Very rare Basel ed. of “Memorable Deeds and Sayings” by the Swiss humanist Heinrich Glareanus (1488-1563), with extensive commentary. Woodcut mark on title; a larger one at the end. Ref. VD-16 ZV-15143. - Not in Adams, STC German (BL). Prov. Old name on title.

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Lot 910

De factorum dictionumque memorabilium exemplis libri nouem [...]. Una cum Henrichi Loriti Glareani [...] annotationibus [...].

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