Live auction - Lot 1204
[Italy - Venice]
De civitate Dei, comm. Thomas Waleys and Nicolaus Trivet.
Venice, O. Scotus, 18 February 1489/90
€ 2.800 / 3.500
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Lot description
Folio: [264] ff., 51/65 ll. (occasional minor spotting or soiling).
Mod. half vellum, flat spine with (older) gilt morocco labels. Very good copy.
Early ed. with (on verso of title) an Italian version of the full-page woodcut ill. later printed in the Amerbach Basel edition of 13 November 1489. Woodcut mark at the end. Printed in gothic type in 2 sizes (text and glosses). Capital spaces with guide-letters.
Ref. ISTC ia01245000. - GW 2889. - Goff A-1245. - Polain 366. - BMC V:437. - CIBN A-687. - BSB-Ink A-862.
Prov. Old ownership entries at beginning. - [Georges Petit].
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