Live auction - Lot 524
[Time measurement]
De mensura temporum antiquorum, & praecipue Graecorum exercitatio.
Cologne, J. Kalckhoven & Socios, 1645
€ 80 / 120
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Lot description
8vo: [8]-239 pp. (marg. dam., browning and some fox.).
Contemp. marbled calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, brown leather title label (worn, some def., joints split).
Book of the eminent theologian, scholar and prof of Greek language at the Vatican library Leone Allacci (1586-1669) about time, division of time and its historical dimension in ancient times. Allaci was known and well-respected for his vast knowledge of sacred and profane authors.
Ref. USTC. - Enciclopedia Italiana (Allacci Leone). - VD-17 23:232304B.
Prov. Anselme vanden Bogaerde (bookpl.).