Valerii Probi Gramatici De Interpretandis Romanorum Litteris Opusculum Feliciter Incipit. [De Interpretandis Romanorum litteris]
Impressum Venetiis [Venice]: Per Ioannem De Tridino Alias Tacuinum [Joannes Tacuinus De Tridino], Anno Domini. M.CCCC.IC.Viiii. Die .xx. Aprilis [20 April 1499], 1499. Vellum. Very Good. Item #44891
20 leaves, 197 mm x 150 mm, signatures in quarto: a-e, leaf d1 incorrectly signed e1, woodcut initials, full-page woodcut illustration of a Sibyl on leaf d2 verso, running titles in capitals, text in single and double columns. Expertly and sympathetically rebound in period bindng of aged full-vellum. Third edition of this guide to abbreviations used in official and historical texts of antiquity. It was also an invaluable aid in the interpretation of classical inscriptions during the Renaissance. The first appearance of the woodcut of a Sibyl. Goff P-996.
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