Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 225

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
RUFUS FESTUS, SEXTUS; and POLYBIUS. Sexti Ruffi . . . epitoma de gestis et assequuto dominio Romanorum. Polybii historiarum libri quinque, Nicolao Perotto interprete. [16], 198, [2] pages, including final blank. bound with: GESTA RHOMANO[RUM] cu[m] applicatio[n]ibus moralizatis ac mysticis. Title within woodcut historiated architectural border. [6], 81 leaves. Together, 2 volumes in one. Folio, 277x196 mm, contemporary limp vellum wraparound binding, soiled and worn, lacking catch and clasp; marginal dampstaining at beginning and end of first work with later owner's note about Polybius on endleaf facing title, dark stains on first few leaves and occasional marginal dampstaining elsewhere in second work with blank corners torn off a few leaves not affecting text; 1/4 morocco folding case. Ownership inscriptions of Henricus Mavors dated 1684, Otto Weidemann, and Frantz Dedekind. Basel: Henricus Petri, March 1530; (Hagenau: Heinrich Gran for Johann Rynman, 1517)