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PANVINIO, ONOFRIO. De ludis circensibus, libri II. De triumphis, liber unus. 31 (of 32) etched plates, many double-page or folding, with plate E bound as 2 separate sheets; lacks plate Y. [20], 148; [16], 147 pages, including half-title and engraved title. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 361x245 mm, contemporary mottled calf, badly worn, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, cords intact; occasional browning, soiling, or marginal dampstaining of text, plates generally clean, small triangular piece torn from plate O with slight image loss, short clean tear in unnumbered plate facing page 138. 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.
