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PROBA Falconia, Valeria (fl. 4th century). Virgiliocentenes veteris et Novi testamenti. [Leipzig: Martin Landsberg, c.1492-96].
4° (213 x 151mm). Collation: A-C8 (A1r title, A1v blank, A2r preface, A3r text, C7v printer's device A, C8 blank). 23 (of 24, without final blank) leaves. 17 lines, shoulder notes. Type: 2:150G, 1:88G (leaded). 2-line initials in brown ink. (A few light stains, short marginal tears in first and final leaves repaired.) Later binding from an old vellum leaf. Provenance: fully annotated in a contemporary German hand.
The Cento comprises collected passages from the works of Virgil, compiled by the wife of Clodius Celsinus Adelphius. It served as a popular grammatical text in the 15th and 16th centuries. RARE; no copy in America. H *6904; Collijn 897; IBP 4586.
4° (213 x 151mm). Collation: A-C
The Cento comprises collected passages from the works of Virgil, compiled by the wife of Clodius Celsinus Adelphius. It served as a popular grammatical text in the 15th and 16th centuries. RARE; no copy in America. H *6904; Collijn 897; IBP 4586.