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VALERIUS MAXIMUS (1st century AD). Exempla quatuor et viginti nuper inventa ante caput de ominibus. Venice: Aldo Manuzio; Andrea Torresano, 1514.
Second aldine edition of a fundamental work on Latin rhetoric collecting numerous Latin quotations ordered by subject. Originally published under the title Factorum ac dictororum memorabilium, the present edition takes its title from the second collection of the first aldine edition, which added twenty-four new exempla from a manuscript discovered by Johannes Cuspinianus.
8vo, (158 x 100mm). Aldine device to title page and at end (waterstains to first and last leaves) 19th century binding with leather spine, gilt title to spine (spine detached but present). Provenance: 'M.M' antique ownership inscription to title page. (1)
8vo, (158 x 100mm). Aldine device to title page and at end (waterstains to first and last leaves) 19th century binding with leather spine, gilt title to spine (spine detached but present). Provenance: 'M.M' antique ownership inscription to title page. (1)
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1,200
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[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
