PETRONIO, Alessandro Trajano (d. 1585). De victu romanorum et de sanitate tuenda libri quinque, Rome: in aedibus populi romani, 1581 [colophon dated 1582], 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette to title (title spotted with red and dark ink, the first ca. 45 leaves with a small wormhole to outer margin, block split, occasional light soiling), 17th-century limp vellum, slipcase (soiled and wormed, tears to spine, endpapers damaged). [Adams P858; Durling 3606]

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PETRONIO, Alessandro Trajano (d. 1585). De victu romanorum et de sanitate tuenda libri quinque, Rome: in aedibus populi romani, 1581 [colophon dated 1582], 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette to title (title spotted with red and dark ink, the first ca. 45 leaves with a small wormhole to outer margin, block split, occasional light soiling), 17th-century limp vellum, slipcase (soiled and wormed, tears to spine, endpapers damaged). [Adams P858; Durling 3606]
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T. E. Hale, Faddily Lodge, inscription to endpaper and title; bookplate of A. L. S.

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