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BEROALDO, Filippo (1453-1505). Opusculum … de terremotu et pestilentia, cum annotamentis Galeni. Bologna: Benedictus [Hectoris], 15 May 1505.
4° (198 x 140mm). Woodcut device on title, initial spaces. (G3-4 repaired at inner margin, G4 rather stained.) Modern calf. Provenance: manuscript foliation from 297 to 342 – H.P. Kraus (bookseller’s label).
Beroaldo’s account of the seismic quakes which began in Bologna on 31 December 1504 but struck the city most heavily on 3 January 1505. One of two editions to appear in 1505, both published in the humanist’s native city. Adams B-776; BL/STC Italian p 89.
4° (198 x 140mm). Woodcut device on title, initial spaces. (G3-4 repaired at inner margin, G4 rather stained.) Modern calf. Provenance: manuscript foliation from 297 to 342 – H.P. Kraus (bookseller’s label).
Beroaldo’s account of the seismic quakes which began in Bologna on 31 December 1504 but struck the city most heavily on 3 January 1505. One of two editions to appear in 1505, both published in the humanist’s native city. Adams B-776; BL/STC Italian p 89.
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