[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce ed. of Fenestella's "De Magistratibus Sacerdotiisq[ue] Romanum..." Venice: 1539

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Fenestella, Lucius. DE MAGISTRATIBUS SACERDOTIISQ[UE] ROMANUM LIBELLUS, Iam Primum Nitori Restitutis. Pomponii Laeti... de Magistratibus & Sacerdotiis... Valerii Probi Gram[matici] de Literis Antiq[uis] Opusculum. (Venice: Joan. Ant. De Nicolinis de Sabio. Sumptu D. Melchioris Sessae. 1539). Sm. 8vo. ff.68 (i.e. 76). Large cat & mouse woodcut device on title and on verso of final leaf. 19th century calf, ornately gilt spine, over marbled boards, a bit rubbed.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A  scarce edition of this often reprinted work. There are three texts; on priests and cults, on Roman politics, and on Latin abbreviations. OCLC records 3 copies. Not in Adams. BL Ital. STC p. 246.

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