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Thu, May 30, 2024 01:00PM EDT
Lot 229

1544 THE THREE BOOKS OF NICCOL LEONARDICO OF VARIETIES OF ANCIENT 16TH-CENTURY HISTORY, VELLUM

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Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Italian
Subject: Philosophy
Binding: Vellum
Description: The Life of Niccolo Leonico de ValeriHISTORIE by Michele Tramezzino and Nicolo Leonico Tomeo, Venice, 1544 Dimensions: 4 by 6"; 150 lvs = 300 pp furthermore a table of contents Woodcut vignette in the colophon and on the title pageFirst two leaves have a worm hole at the top margin, and some pages have faded dampstains at the top margin. The manuscript title is on the spine of the vellum binding, which is limp and has minor stains and no ties. Text in Italian: Nicholas Leonicus Thomaeus (Italian: Niccolo Leonico Tomeo, 1456–1531), a Venetian scholar and professor of philosophy, Greek, and Latin at the University of Padua, was born into an Albanian family. This is the first vernacular edition of his learned collection.

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