De magistratibus sacerdotiisque Romanorum. Libellus, iam primùm nitori suo restitutus. Pomponii Laeti itidem De magistratibus et sacerdotiis, et praetera de diversis legibus romanorum.

FENESTELLA, Lucius pseud. of FIOCCO, Andrea Domenico

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[Geneva], J. Chouët, 1599

16mo: 166-[8 (of 10?)] pp. (gnawed at, pale dampstaining, marg. wormtrack).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (lack of vellum to cover lower edge).

Very rare edition printed in Geneva of a text by A.D. Fiocco (d. 1452), apostolic secretary to Eugenius IV. It was a falsification of a work supposedly written by the Roman author Fenestella, of whom little is preserved. Added is a more competent treatise by the Roman antiquarian Pomponio Leto. Both texts deal with the priesthood and public offices in ancient Rome. Woodcut printer's mark on title.
Ref. USTC 451657. - Cp. GLN-6638 (1591 ed., with Lyon imprint), Pettegree (FB) 70678 (id.), 147940 (id.). - Not in Adams (other ed.).