8vo., fols. 238 [viii]. Title-page slightly soiled, some light browning, staining to margins. Early vellum boards, author’s name inked on spine. Endcaps creased, endband at tail unravelling. Upper hinge splitting, lower hinge holding firm.
A collection of memorable deeds and sayings compiled in the first century after Christ; the work was again very popular in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This edition of Sebastiano Corrado (d. 1556), a pupil of Battista Egnazio, is first recorded printed in 1545. A rare printing, not in Adams.
CNCE 54062
- Size: 8vo.
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- Country: United Kingdom
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