[Rarebooks] FS: Vettori: Beautifully printed 1554 Commentary on Cicero by Italian Scholar

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Tue Jan 8 10:33:26 EST 2008


VETTORI,  Pietro. PETRI VICTORII VARIARUM LECTIONUM LIBRI  XXV....
Lyon:  Ioannem Temporalem 1554. Second Edition. QUAE CORRUPTA, MUTILA,
&  PRAEPOSTERE  SITA  ADMISERAT  PRIMA  EDITIO,  HAEC  SECUNDA  SEDULO
CASTIGAUIT,  SUOQUE LOCO RESTITUIT. CUM INDICE LENISSIMO. Large octavo
(6-1/8"  x 9-5/8") bound in early vellum with gilt rules and lettering
on  the spine; [12], 486, [2, blank], [59] pages. Nicely printed  with
printer's  device  on title page, head-pieces, and  numerous  charming
woodcut  initials.  Text  in  Latin with quotations  and  examples  in
Greek.  Critical commentary on Cicero by this noted Italian  classical
scholar. Fine copy with just minor soiling to the vellum.     $1000.00

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