Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 106

Price Realized: $ 281
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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
SYLVIUS, FRANCISCUS [i. e., DUBOIS, FRANÇOIS]. Progymnasmatum in artem oratoriam . . . centuriae tres. [16], 295, [1] leaves, including final register/colophon leaf. 8vo, 157x107 mm, 17th-century vellum boards with spine title in ink; marginal foxing, dark stain in blank outer margin of around 20 leaves toward end, scattered minor stains elsewhere, early owner's inscription on title, free endpapers soiled and spotted; blue edges, with early owner's name written on top edges. (Venice: Niccolò Bascarini for Melchiorre Sessa), 1545

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Textbook of rhetoric and oratory first published in 1520.