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Martialis, Marcus Valerius
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Martialis, Marcus Valerius
- Epigrammata. [Parma: Damianus de Moyllis and Johannes Antonius de Montalli, c. 1482]
- Paper
4to (202 x 147mm.), 178 leaves (of 180), a-r10 s8 [2], 32 lines, gothic type, 8-line initial spaces with printed guides, contemporary Italian blind-stamped morocco over wooden boards, title lettered along foredge, lacking f1_10, last two leaves misbound within quire s, a few small stains, binding slightly rubbed and scraped, spine slightly torn and chipped at head, lacking both clasps
Literature
Goff M303; HC 10807; BMC vii 941; Bod-inc M-119; GW M21262
Catalogue Note
A tall, crisp copy in a contemporary morocco binding from an uncommon printer. Damianus de Moyllis is primarily recorded as being a scribe and an illuminator, and this undated work is one of only three editions ascribed to him, though he is known to have lived beyond the year 1500.