Lot 104

Cantalicio (Giovanni Battista) Sum[m]a perutilis in regulas distinctas totius artis gra[m]matices et artis metrices, [Pesaro], Girolamo Soncino, 1511.

 

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000

Description

Cantalicio (Giovanni Battista) Sum[m]a perutilis in regulas distinctas totius artis gra[m]matices et artis metrices, collation: a-e8 f6 g8, woodcut pictorial title, initial spaces with guide-letters, repaired holes to title, with loss of several letters verso, a few other ff. with small repairs, affecting the odd letter, some staining or spotting, 19th century green crushed morocco by Lloyd, Wallis, & Lloyd, gilt, g.e., 8vo (209 x 139mm.), [Pesaro], Girolamo Soncino, 1511.

⁂ Rare edition of this pedagogical work on grammar and poetic metre by this Italian humanist and bishop. Printed by the important Jewish printer Soncino.

Provenance: Erich von Rath (1881-1948), German librarian and bibliographer (bookplate).

References: EDIT 16 CNCE 8968; Sandars 1595

Description

Cantalicio (Giovanni Battista) Sum[m]a perutilis in regulas distinctas totius artis gra[m]matices et artis metrices, collation: a-e8 f6 g8, woodcut pictorial title, initial spaces with guide-letters, repaired holes to title, with loss of several letters verso, a few other ff. with small repairs, affecting the odd letter, some staining or spotting, 19th century green crushed morocco by Lloyd, Wallis, & Lloyd, gilt, g.e., 8vo (209 x 139mm.), [Pesaro], Girolamo Soncino, 1511.

⁂ Rare edition of this pedagogical work on grammar and poetic metre by this Italian humanist and bishop. Printed by the important Jewish printer Soncino.

Provenance: Erich von Rath (1881-1948), German librarian and bibliographer (bookplate).

References: EDIT 16 CNCE 8968; Sandars 1595

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