De summo bono.

Paris, [P. Levet for] Marnef Brothers, [c. 1493]

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Lot description

8vo: 101-[3] ff., 31 ll. (some minor marg. soiling).

Old limp vellum, flat spine titled in ink.

Later ed. (1st 1470) of a smaller work by Isidore of Seville (560-636; “the last scholar of the ancient world” - Montalembert). Woodcut Marnef mark on title. Printed in gothic type. Capital spaces with guide-letters. Rubricated initials. Ref. ISTC ii00190000. - Goff I-199. - Polain 2144. - BMC VIII:102. - CIBN I-80. - Not in BSB-Ink. Prov. Old ownership entries on front flyleaf and at title bottom (cut out and underlaid). - [Georges Petit].