AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, 354-430). De civitate Dei, in Italian: De la cita d'dio. [Venice?: Antonio di Bartolommeo da Bologna (Miscomini), c. 1476-78].
Chancery 2° (241 x 163mm). Roman type, double column. Red initials added later, early foliation. (Without first and final blank leaf, quire q misbound after h, some spotting, occasional small stain.) Modern calf, red leather spine label, earlier blue edges. Provenance: Theodore Low DeVinne (1828-1914; bookplate) -- Imrie de Vegh (gifted to:) -- Harvard College Library (bookplate; deaccession stamp).
FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. It was previously owned by Theodore Low DeVinne, innovative printer at New York City, scholar of typography, and founding member of the Grolier Club. HC *2071; GW 2892; BMC VII, 1136; BSB-Ink A-865; CIBN A-691; Bod-inc A-534; Goff A-1248.
AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, 354-430). De civitate Dei, in Italian: De la cita d'dio. [Venice?: Antonio di Bartolommeo da Bologna (Miscomini), c. 1476-78].
Chancery 2° (241 x 163mm). Roman type, double column. Red initials added later, early foliation. (Without first and final blank leaf, quire q misbound after h, some spotting, occasional small stain.) Modern calf, red leather spine label, earlier blue edges. Provenance: Theodore Low DeVinne (1828-1914; bookplate) -- Imrie de Vegh (gifted to:) -- Harvard College Library (bookplate; deaccession stamp).
FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. It was previously owned by Theodore Low DeVinne, innovative printer at New York City, scholar of typography, and founding member of the Grolier Club. HC *2071; GW 2892; BMC VII, 1136; BSB-Ink A-865; CIBN A-691; Bod-inc A-534; Goff A-1248.
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