Sale: 359 / Rare Books including Marine Art, Nov. 16./17. 2009 in Hamburg Lot 729

 
Giambattista Bodoni - Theophrastus von Eresos, Characterum ethicorum 1786.


729
Giambattista Bodoni
Theophrastus von Eresos, Characterum ethicorum 1786.
Estimate:
€ 300 / $ 324
Sold:
€ 408 / $ 440

(incl. surcharge)
Bodoni-Druck. - Theophrastus Eresius, Characterum ethicorum. Capita duo hactenus anecdota quae ex. cod. ms. Vaticano saeculi XI Graece edidit Latine vertit praefatione et adnotationibus illustravit Joh. Chr. Amadutius. With engr. portrait frontispiece and small engr. title vignette. Parma, "Ex Regio Typographeo" 1786. Contemp. boards. Large 4to. 4 ll., 128 pp., 5 ll.
Brooks 315. - Giani II, 29. - Dibdin II, 503. - Schweiger p. 321. - "A very splendid edition, exhibiting only two chapters (cap. 29 and 30) of this work, from a Vatican Ms. of the eleventh century. It is mentioned, in order that the student may consult the very learned prolegomena which it contains" (Dibdin). - Fine, clean and untrimmed print on wide-margined laid paper. With very few finger stains, 2 ll. with faint squeeze mark. Binding defective.




729
Giambattista Bodoni
Theophrastus von Eresos, Characterum ethicorum 1786.
Estimate:
€ 300 / $ 324
Sold:
€ 408 / $ 440

(incl. surcharge)