Apr 12, 2012 - Sale 2275

Sale 2275 - Lot 96

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(TORY, GEOFFROY.) Valerius Probus, Marcus; et al. De interpreta[n]dis Romanorum literis opusculum: cum aliis quibusda[m]. Edited by Tory. Woodcut device of E. I. G. de Marnef on title; woodcut illustration on B2r. [48] leaves. 8vo, modern vellum with calligraphic title in ink on front cover; occasional light marginal foxing, scattered stains. (Paris: [Gilles de Gourmont?], 1510)

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first tory edition of the tract by Valerius Probus on ancient Roman legal and administrative abbreviations, with excerpts from writings by other Roman authors on weights and measures, mensuration, etc., and verse by Tory. Bernard, Geoffroy Tory (1865), page 100-103.