Oratoriarum institutionum
by QUINTILIANUS, MARCUS FABIUS
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About This Item
Venice: Giorgio Rusconi, 14 August 1512, 1512. Hardcover. Good. Edited with notes by Raffaele Regio. Title and woodcut vignette of St. George slaying dragon within 4-part woodcut border. [4], 199, [1] leaves, including initial and final blanks. Folio, early 19th-century 1/4 sheep, spine ends damaged, joints cracked, cords intact, cover corners worn through; contents soiled and dampstained, but with extensive early marginalia at beginning and end, the last 2 preliminary leaves adhered verso to recto, completely obscuring text. A manual of oratory which was very popular in the Renaissance, this is a quite scarce edition, with copious annotations in a contemporary hand. Signed at the end, A. Libertinus.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9008
- Title
- Oratoriarum institutionum
- Author
- QUINTILIANUS, MARCUS FABIUS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Giorgio Rusconi, 14 August 1512
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1512
- Keywords
- History & Historiography
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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