Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
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December 3, 04:27 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
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SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, GAIUS
Vitae XII Caesarum [commentary by Philippus Beroaldus; and other works]. Milan: Leonardus Pachel, 10 January 1494
Chancery folio (290 x 208mm.), 326 leaves, A4 a-z [con] [rum] A-O8 P6 Q4, 59 lines plus headline, roman type, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device at end, early annotations, modern stamped calf, slipcase, lacking text on a4v-a5r (the text of Suetonius supplied in early manuscript, but not the commentary), first few leaves and last leaf slightly stained, tightly bound
LITERATURE:
ISTC is00826000
PROVENANCE:
Colección Alfageme-Fontanals, name on spine