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Lot 505

Sale 5213 - Rare Books and Manuscripts
Apr 4, 2013 6:00AM ET
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1 vol.
Priscia...


1 vol.
Priscianus. Opera. (Venice: Marcus Comitibus & Gerardus Alexandrius, 1476). 4to, later gilt morocco, a.e.g.; worn, bds detached. With 349 of 350 leaves. 35 lines. 270 x 185 mm - sheet size; text 195 x 105 mm. Lacking a1 (blank?). Leaf A2 is cropped, with missing text made up in manuscript on verso & recto. Ink lib. stamp to upper right corner of aii, small loss and wear to upper right corner of aiii-cv, not affecting text. Light dampstaining to upper gutter by page edge. rriii dust-soiled, r10 with puncture and repair. Other leaves generally clean.
[Goff P-965; BMC V, 242.]; contains the well-known "Institutiones Grammaticae."
Priscianus (c500); Latin grammarian

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