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Lot 348

Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022 9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022 9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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PEROTTUS, Nicolaus (1430-1480). Cornucopiae linguae latinae. Pyrrhus Perottus and Ludovicus Odaxius, editors. Venice: Paganinus de Paganinis, May 14, 1489. 


Folio (306 x 212 mm). Collation: a8 b10 2a-2b8 c-78 &8 98 x 8 A-R8 S-T6. 373 leaves (of 374, lacking T6, blank), 59 lines. Types: 82 R; 82 Gk. With initial spaces and a few guide-letters, woodcut capital on 19a. (Some spotting and staining, a few mostly marginal tears repaired, some minor worming to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary blind-tooled vellum with central arabesque, tan morocco lettering-pieces; quarter morocco slipcase and chemise (upper joint starting, some soiling, a few tiny wormholes). Provenance: a few early annotations in ink; S. N. S. (old in initials on first text leaf); C. C. K. (morocco booklabel).

EDITIO PRINCEPS of Perottus's commentary on the epigrams of Martial. The Cornucopiae was edited by the author's nephew; Aldus would later edit the work himself for an edition he published in 1499.  BMC V 455; BSB-Ink P-215; Goff P-288; ISTC ip00288000.


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