Live Auction 10266The Boeder Library: Fine Books from the Collection of the late Professor Heribert Boeder
LACTANTIUS (c.45-120). Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (c.240-c.320). Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1515. 8° (159 x 94mm). Aldus woodcut device on title. (Lacking second part, the Apologeticus by Tertulliano, occasional soiling and pale waterstaining heavier on title.) Later vellum, title label on spine, blue edges (some tiny wormholes, lower joint splitting). Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title and ink mark surrounding Aldine device.
Lot 140

LACTANTIUS (c.45-120). Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (c.240-c.320). Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1515. 8° (159 x 94mm). Aldus woodcut device on title. (Lacking second part, the Apologeticus by Tertulliano, occasional soiling and pale waterstaining heavier on title.) Later vellum, title label on spine, blue edges (some tiny wormholes, lower joint splitting). Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title and ink mark surrounding Aldine device.

Closed17 June 2014

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GBP 500

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LACTANTIUS (c.45-120). Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (c.240-c.320). Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1515. 8° (159 x 94mm). Aldus woodcut device on title. (Lacking second part, the Apologeticus by Tertulliano, occasional soiling and pale waterstaining heavier on title.) Later vellum, title label on spine, blue edges (some tiny wormholes, lower joint splitting). Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title and ink mark surrounding Aldine device.

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