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Declamationes maiores [edited by Jacobus Grasolarius].
by QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius [pseudo]
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chancery folio (270 x 195mm.), 123 leaves (of 124, without final blank), a10 b8 c-s6 t10, 35 lines, roman type, initial spaces, some early annotations, last 2 leaves with repaired wormholes, otherwise a
fine copy with wide margins and internally fresh.
The binding in crushed burgundy morocco by Brugalla dated 1947, gilt edges, marbled slipcase. The endpapers are vibrant marbled paper with broad inner dentelle gilt decorated edges. There is a private leather library label to the front pastedown. The slipcase is equally delightful, matching the marble effect and matching leather edging to the entrance of the case and a white felt lining. Hand and glove. EDITIO PRINCEPS of this collection of model speeches attributed to Quintilian. The editor, Jacopo Grasolari, was a student of Giorgio Merula who checked over Grasolari's text before publication. (Grasolari later became a Venetian notary.) ISTC iq00019000
PROVENANCE: Gianni de Marco, morocco book label. Bookseller's ticket adhered to the outer case stating a retail price of £11,500.
Emilio Brugalla (1901-1987) was a Catalonian bookbinder of great renown. In 1921 he went to study in Paris and 2 years later returned to Barcelona. Brugalla specialised in the binding of religious books for which he was awarded a prize at the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. In 1931 he settled in his own workshop, and taught at the Barcelona Industrial School and the School of Librarians. This present volume was bound by him in 1947.
The binding in crushed burgundy morocco by Brugalla dated 1947, gilt edges, marbled slipcase. The endpapers are vibrant marbled paper with broad inner dentelle gilt decorated edges. There is a private leather library label to the front pastedown. The slipcase is equally delightful, matching the marble effect and matching leather edging to the entrance of the case and a white felt lining. Hand and glove. EDITIO PRINCEPS of this collection of model speeches attributed to Quintilian. The editor, Jacopo Grasolari, was a student of Giorgio Merula who checked over Grasolari's text before publication. (Grasolari later became a Venetian notary.) ISTC iq00019000
PROVENANCE: Gianni de Marco, morocco book label. Bookseller's ticket adhered to the outer case stating a retail price of £11,500.
Emilio Brugalla (1901-1987) was a Catalonian bookbinder of great renown. In 1921 he went to study in Paris and 2 years later returned to Barcelona. Brugalla specialised in the binding of religious books for which he was awarded a prize at the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. In 1931 he settled in his own workshop, and taught at the Barcelona Industrial School and the School of Librarians. This present volume was bound by him in 1947.
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- Bookseller
- Butler Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1311
- Title
- Declamationes maiores [edited by Jacobus Grasolarius].
- Author
- QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius [pseudo]
- Format/Binding
- The binding in crushed burgundy morocco by Brugalla dated 1947, gilt edges, marbled slipcase.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Publisher: Venice: Lucas Dominici F., Venetus
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1481
- Pages
- 123
- Size
- 270 x 195mm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- QUINTILIANUS, Marcus Fabius [pseudo], Declamationes maiores, Jacobus Grasolarius
- Bookseller catalogs
- Incunabula;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Butler Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire
About Butler Rare Books
Antiquarian books and early medieval manuscripts.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Folio
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