BEROALDUS, Philippus (1453-1505). Orationes et poemata. Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, for Benedictus Hectoris, 1491.
First edition. In 1472, at just 19 years old, Beroaldus was made the professor of rhetoric and poetry at the University of Bologna. H *2949; GW 4144; BMC VI 825; Bod-inc B-228; BSB-Ink B-380; ISTC ib00491000; Goff B-491.
Chancery quarto (186 x 145mm). 76 leaves, rubricated (first and last leaves lightly soiled with small repairs in gutter). 19th-century calf gilt (upper board detached, spine defective). Provenance: early marginal annotations.
BEROALDUS, Philippus (1453-1505). Orationes et poemata. Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, for Benedictus Hectoris, 1491.
First edition. In 1472, at just 19 years old, Beroaldus was made the professor of rhetoric and poetry at the University of Bologna. H *2949; GW 4144; BMC VI 825; Bod-inc B-228; BSB-Ink B-380; ISTC ib00491000; Goff B-491.
Chancery quarto (186 x 145mm). 76 leaves, rubricated (first and last leaves lightly soiled with small repairs in gutter). 19th-century calf gilt (upper board detached, spine defective). Provenance: early marginal annotations.
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