Description
Politianus (Angelus) Miscellaneorum centuria prima, first edition, 94 ff., 32 lines, Roman and Greek types, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut printers device to foot of verso of p3, a few instances of early ink marginalia or interlinear marking, a few small stains and finger-marks, occasional spotting, modern vellum, [BMC VI, 638; Goff p-890; HC 13221], folio, Florence, Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 19 September, 1489.
⁂ A rare copy of this key work in classical scholarship, which is dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici. The work comments on 100 significant Latin and Greek texts and provides a clear index of authors consulted under subjects such as mathematics, medicine and philosophy.
Lot 203
Politianus (Angelus) Miscellaneorum centuria prima, 1489.
Hammer Price: £6,500
Description
Politianus (Angelus) Miscellaneorum centuria prima, first edition, 94 ff., 32 lines, Roman and Greek types, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut printers device to foot of verso of p3, a few instances of early ink marginalia or interlinear marking, a few small stains and finger-marks, occasional spotting, modern vellum, [BMC VI, 638; Goff p-890; HC 13221], folio, Florence, Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 19 September, 1489.
⁂ A rare copy of this key work in classical scholarship, which is dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici. The work comments on 100 significant Latin and Greek texts and provides a clear index of authors consulted under subjects such as mathematics, medicine and philosophy.