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PANVINIO, ONOFRIO. De ludis circensibus, libri II. De triumphis, liber unus. 30 (of 32) etched plates, many double-page or folding; lacks first plate A and second plate D. [20], 148; [16], 147 pages, including half-title and engraved title. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 365x265 mm, later marbled boards, joints worn, clean split between 2 preliminaries; varying soiling and dampstaining of text, occasionally severe, plates generally clean, clean tear in plate facing page 87, vertical paper crack in gutter of A2 in second part. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamps on opening leaves, accession number on leaf after title. sold as is. Padua: Pietro Maria Frambotto, 1681
Later edition of Panvinio's 1596 work on games, rituals, and other events held at the Circus Maximus in ancient Rome, reprinting as an appendix his 1571 work on Roman triumphal processions.
