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Lot 230
Sale 588 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Nov 13, 2018
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Lot Description
SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Caius (ca 70-160). De vitae XII Caesarum. Florence: Philip Giunta, 15 February 1510.
8vo. (Some scant spotting.) 18th-century crimson morocco gilt, green morocco lettering-piece gilt, smooth spine gilt, edges gilt (a few tiny wormholes to spine, spine slightly sunned, otherwise fine). Provenance: Marginalia in an early hand; Liechtenstein library (bookplate). RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only two copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 40 years. Not in Adams; Brunet IV:274; USTC 857768.
