Lot 350
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionum, [Venice], Giorgio Rusconi, 1512; and another copy of the same (water-stained and in a 20th century binding) (2)
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionum, collation: A4 a-z8 &8 ?8, title and a woodcut vignette of St. George slaying the dragon within ornate woodcut criblé border, with later red colouring to margins, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, penultimate verso with woodcut printer's device at foot, final f. blank, part of outer margin of title torn away, margins damp-stained throughout to varying degrees, causing some fraying, some other staining and spotting, new endpapers, later limp vellum (bound in upside down), bowed and soiled, [Venice], [Giorgio Rusconi], [14 August, 1512]; and another copy of the same (water-stained and in a 20th century binding), folio (2) sold not subject to return.
⁂ Literature: Not in Adams; Mortimer, Italian, 408; EDIT 16 CNCE 59364.
Description
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionum, collation: A4 a-z8 &8 ?8, title and a woodcut vignette of St. George slaying the dragon within ornate woodcut criblé border, with later red colouring to margins, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, penultimate verso with woodcut printer's device at foot, final f. blank, part of outer margin of title torn away, margins damp-stained throughout to varying degrees, causing some fraying, some other staining and spotting, new endpapers, later limp vellum (bound in upside down), bowed and soiled, [Venice], [Giorgio Rusconi], [14 August, 1512]; and another copy of the same (water-stained and in a 20th century binding), folio (2) sold not subject to return.
⁂ Literature: Not in Adams; Mortimer, Italian, 408; EDIT 16 CNCE 59364.