BOSSUS, RECUPERATIONES FAESULANAE, BOLOGNA, 1493, CONTEMPORARY WOODEN BOARDS WITH LATER CALF SPINE

4to (213 x 158mm.), 166 leaves, a-i8 K8 l-u8 x6, 36 lines, roman type, early annotations, contemporary wooden boards with later calf spine, single clasp, author and title lettered on upper and lower boards, deckle edges, spine repaired, new pastedowns, lacking strap

ISTC ib01046000

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Bossus (1427-1502) became prior of Fiesole in 1489, and this collection of letters is so-named from the period of his tenure there. The dedication is to Giovanni de' Medici, the future Leo X, whom Bossus had invested as cardinal in 1492 in Fiesole.