[Rarebooks] FS: Ferentilli & Philo, two works in Latin, 1573
Bob Petrilla
petrillabooks at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 08:05:41 EDT 2018
Ferentilli, Agostino. DISCORSO UNIVERSALE: nel quale discorrendo per le
Sei Eta &c. le Quattre Monarchie; si racontiano tutte l'Historie &
l'origine di tutti gl'Imperii, regni & natione, cominciando dal principio
del mondo, sino all'anno MDLXIX. [bound with] LA CREATIONE DEL MONDO,
descritta da Filone Hebreo....[CREATION OF THE WORLD by Philo of
Alexandria, translated by A.F.]. Venice: Gabriel Grolito de Ferrari,
1573. Second Edition. Two volumes bound as one. pp: (viii), 231; (56);
complete with 10 woodcut illustrations and more than 50 decorated initials,
printer's emblem on both title-pages. The first five leaves of the first
title have some insect damage with loss of several letters; title-page
laminated. Bound in old vellum, recased and rebacked in later black
morocco. 8.25" x 5.75"
First published in 1570. [OCLC locates this edition at nine libraries
worldwide, only the Huntington in the US.] $350.00
Postpaid in US. Usual trade terms.
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