Lot 140
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LACTANTIUS (c.45-120). Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (c.240-c.320). Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1515. 8° (159 x 94mm). Aldus woodcut device on title. (Lacking second part, the Apologeticus by Tertulliano, occasional soiling and pale waterstaining heavier on title.) Later vellum, title label on spine, blue edges (some tiny wormholes, lower joint splitting). Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title and ink mark surrounding Aldine device.
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LACTANTIUS (c.45-120). Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (c.240-c.320). Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1515. 8° (159 x 94mm). Aldus woodcut device on title. (Lacking second part, the Apologeticus by Tertulliano, occasional soiling and pale waterstaining heavier on title.) Later vellum, title label on spine, blue edges (some tiny wormholes, lower joint splitting). Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title and ink mark surrounding Aldine device.

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LACTANTIUS (c.45-120). Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (c.240-c.320). Divinarum institutionum libri septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1515. 8° (159 x 94mm). Aldus woodcut device on title. (Lacking second part, the Apologeticus by Tertulliano, occasional soiling and pale waterstaining heavier on title.) Later vellum, title label on spine, blue edges (some tiny wormholes, lower joint splitting). Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title and ink mark surrounding Aldine device.

Adams L16; Ahmanson-Murphy 132; Renouard, 70, 2.
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