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Lot 141
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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600
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$813
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Lot Description
[MINIATURE BOOK]. CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B. C. E.). - [BLAEU, Willem Jansz (1608-1639)]. M. Tullii Ciceronis De Officiis Libri III. Amsterdam: Guiljel I. Caesium, 1625.
64mo (61 x 40 mm). Engraved title page. Contemporary red morocco gilt, spine in 4 compartments with 3 raised bands, black morocco lettering-piece gilt in one, the rest gilt-decorated, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt (slight cracking at joints). Provenance: P. Foley (inscription, 1906).
A rare edition of Cicero's works. Not in Spielmann.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois