Lot 35

Becichemus, Marinus

£1,500

Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST

Description

Luculentissima oratio qua Brixiano Senatui gratias agit. Aurea praelectio in C. Plinium Secundum... Pulcherrima observationum collectanea in primum naturalis historii librum... Pauli Suardi elegans in auctoris laudem & adversus graeculos epistola. [Brescia: Angelus and Jacobus Britannicus, 1504] Folio, 210 leaves (A8 a4; a6 b4; []2 B-F6 G4 H2 I4 K6 (K6 blank); []4 c4 d-o6 (o6 blank); []2 aa-cc6 dd4 ee-ff6 (bb4 & ff6 blank); aaa-bbb6, ccc4 ddd8), woodcut initials, modern vellum, several early manuscript notes in margins, including the motto `Amor vincit omnia' on first title, slight worming in first few leaves with loss of a few letters, small portion of text on title rubbed away, some light spotting

Footnote

Note: The humanist Marino Becichemo, born at Scutari c.1468, taught at the universities of Brescia and Padua, where he died in 1526. The British Library copy of this edition is incomplete.