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CICERO, Marcus Tullius

Epistol(a)e familiares [...] cum Ascensianis i(n)troductiu(n)culis

Paris
Jodocus Badius for Jean Petit
17 December 1505

€700 - €900

8vo: [8]-CCCXXXIII [= 330] ff. Large woodcut mark of Petit on title (old colouring). Printed in gothic type. With a number of amateurish pen initials. Rubricated in yellow throughout. (missing all after f. 330; marginal soiling, tear in title, lower corner f. 330 torn off with loss of text). Old half leather, flat spine (worn, front cover loose). Good copy

Apparently unrecorded Badius edition of Cicero's letters. The preface is dated 15 January 1505. Ref. Not in BP16, Moreau, Renouard (Badius) etc. - Cp. Adams C-1936 (1507 ed.). Prov. A number of contemp. interlinear and marginal annotations throughout. A few student's pen drawings. Contemp. ownership entry on title (deleted)

Humanism Incunabula Early printing