Quintilianus, Declamationes, Venice, 1481, modern crushed morocco

Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius [pseudo]

Declamationes maiores [edited by Jacobus Grasolarius]. Venice: Lucas Dominici F., Venetus, 2 August 1481

Chancery folio (270 x 195mm.), 123 leaves (of 124, without final blank), a¹⁰ b⁸ c-s⁶ t¹⁰, 35 lines, roman type, initial spaces, some early annotations, crushed burgundy morocco by Brugalla dated 1947, gilt edges, marbled slipcase, last 2 leaves with repaired wormholes

EDITIO PRINCEPS of this collection of model speeches attributed to Quintilian. The editor, Jacopo Grasolari, was a student of Giorgio Merula who checked over Grasolari's text before publication. (Grasolari later became a Venetian notary.)

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