Epistolae.

4to: [274] ff., 37 ll. (minor soiling or staining, single wormholes throughout, blank bottom corner of 1st ff. gnawed at).

Cont. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, covers with roll-stamps and triple-ruled frames, spine on 3 raised bands, metal catch, fore-edge tabs (soiled, sl. wormed, clasp gone). Very good copy.

Early ed. (1st 1473) of the Letters of the Italian humanist Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481). Printed in roman type. Greek words and quotations. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Ref. ISTC ip00593000. - Goff P-593. - BMC III:757. - CIBN P-315. - BSB-Ink P-432. - Not in Polain. Prov. Some old reader’s marks and annotations. - Old acquisition note on title "Marienstadt sub abbate Conrado emptus [...]", repeated on lower flyleaf with date "1546". - Old Latin "Index" and notes on endpapers. - [Georges Petit].