Lot 44
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Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius
Oratoris Eloquentissimi Declamationes diligenter recognitae
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 644
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £300 - £400
Description
Paris: Simon de Colines, 1542. Large 8vo, 84, large woodcut device on title, [USTC 153664]; bound with Quintilianus, M.F. Oratoriarum Institutionum, libri XII. Castigati ad fidem optimorum exemplarium. Paris: Simon de Colines, 1541, [viii], 250, large woodcut device on title, [USTC 140254], 18th century calf, spine gilt, 1738 inscription of Joseph Brereton, Coll. Regin. Camb. 1738, and later printed bookplate "E Libris Josephi Brereton. Regin. Coll. Cantab.", small hole to fore margin of final leaf, light stain to a few upper margins, hinges strengthened, joints split, head and tail of spine worn