[Rarebooks] FS: Lalamant's comparison of 7 ancient calendars. Geneva: 1571

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Lalamant, Jean. EXTERARUM FERE OMNIUM ET PRAECIPUARUM GENTIUM ANNI RATIO, & CUM ROMANO COLLATIO... Anni Sunt 1. Aegyptiacus 2. Persicus 3. Arabicus 4. Hebraeus 5. Macedonicus 6. Atticus, & 7. Romanus. (Geneva): Apud I. Crispinum. 1571. First edition. 8vo. (16),207,(3)pp. With the final blank. Woodcut device on title page (enclosing part of the title) and at end. Nineteenth century blue cloth, rubbed. Almost identical bookplates of B. Guastalla and Weilschott.	$600.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition, the issue with the printer's name on title-page, of Lalamant's  (fl. 1549-1578) learned comparison of seven ancient calendars, the last being the Roman calendar and therefore our own. Adams L55.


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