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Bibliophile Sale
2:30 AM PT - Apr 2nd, 2009

 

offered by
Bloomsbury Auctions

 

Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street
Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
Uk Auction

 

       

Lot 299 save

Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Saturae 1496

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Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Saturae,
with the commentaries of Domitius Calderinus, Georgius Merula and Georgius Valla, 146 ff., 62 lines of commentary surrounding the text and headline, Roman letter, woodcut decorated capitals, capital spaces with guide letters, title with extensive note in a 16th century italic hand regarding the work and with 4 sets of the initials "Z R", occasional early ink marginalia, a few ff. with wormholes repaired, slightly obscuring some letter and occasionally whole words, a few ff. browned, occasional staining, mostly marginal, contemporary vellum, spine reapired, soiled, [BMC V, 521; Goff J-665; Hain 9712], folio, Venice, Simon Bevilaqua, [c.1496/97].

***Provenance: Claudius de Fontana (16th century ink inscription to title)..

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