[Rarebooks] FS: 2 rare 16th c. works bound in contemporary wallet-style vellum

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Rufus Festus, Sextus. EPITOMA DE GESTIS ET ASSEQUUTO DOMINIO ROMANORUM: 
POLYBIUS HISTORIARUM LIBRI QUINQUE, Nicolao Perotto Interprete... 
Basel: Henricus Petrus. 1530. Folio. (16),198,(2)pp. With the final 
blank and woodcut device on title. BOUND WITH: GESTA ROMANOR[UM]: cu[m] 
Applicatio[n]ibus Moralizatis ac Mysticis. (Hagenau: Rynman and Gran. 
1517). ff.(6),lxxxi,(1). Double column text. Title within a fine 
woodcut border. Bound in cont. limp vellum in "wallet" style, the rear 
cover extended 4" to flap over the front cover, where it was fastened. 
The ties are no longer present. Vellum somewhat darkened from 
soiling.	$3,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Two rare works in a very interesting original binding, a good example 
of this wallet style, not often seen. Contemporary ink inscription of 
one "Ottonis Weidmanni" on a preliminary blank.
I: a very rare edition of this text on ancient Rome. No copy is 
recorded in America by OCLC. VD 16 R3618.
II: important medieval collection of Latin anecdotes and tales. A rare 
edition, particularly in the trade, as no copy is recorded at auction 
by ABPC. VD 16 G1901. An old oil stain at the top margin of the first 
10 leaves. Some contemporary marginal annotations.

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