Lot 357
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII, Paris, Ambroise Girault, 1541.
Hammer Price: £260
Description
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII, collation: aa10 bb8 A-Z8, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut criblé initials, title lightly browned, occasional light staining, mostly marginal, final f. laid down, 19th century calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, preserving earlier black morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, folio (325 x 221mm.), Paris, [Jean Loys for] Ambroise Girault, 1541.
⁂ A scarce and handsomely printed edition, with good margins.
Provenance: John Marshall Jr. (ink signature and inscription 'Bt at Lord Glenlee's Sale Jany. 20 1853. 12/-' (Lot 1016)'; T.W. Williams, Flax Bourton (inscription dated 1893 and bookplate).
Literature: Adams Q61.
Description
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum oratoriarum libri XII, collation: aa10 bb8 A-Z8, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut criblé initials, title lightly browned, occasional light staining, mostly marginal, final f. laid down, 19th century calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, preserving earlier black morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, folio (325 x 221mm.), Paris, [Jean Loys for] Ambroise Girault, 1541.
⁂ A scarce and handsomely printed edition, with good margins.
Provenance: John Marshall Jr. (ink signature and inscription 'Bt at Lord Glenlee's Sale Jany. 20 1853. 12/-' (Lot 1016)'; T.W. Williams, Flax Bourton (inscription dated 1893 and bookplate).
Literature: Adams Q61.
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