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CATO -- Disticha de moribus, etc. Commentary by Robertus de Euremodio. Basel: [Johann Amerbach], 14 June 1486.
Chancery 4° (196 x 140mm). Collation: a-f8 (a1 title, a2r text, f8 blank). 48 leaves. 32 lines. Type: 1:185G, 6:108G, 5:106(92)G, 3:92a*(83)G, 9:63G. Woodcut of master and pupil on title, woodcut initials opening the text. 19th-century sheep-backed boards (spine worn, sides slightly rubbed). Provenance: G.J. Fisher (bookplate); library stamp on title.
The woodcut is a close copy of one used by Leeu at Antwerp in his Cato, 1485. HC *4719; GW 6284; BMC III 748 (IA. 37291); Goff C-297; Schreiber 3679; Schramm XXI p.26.
Chancery 4° (196 x 140mm). Collation: a-f8 (a1 title, a2r text, f8 blank). 48 leaves. 32 lines. Type: 1:185G, 6:108G, 5:106(92)G, 3:92a*(83)G, 9:63G. Woodcut of master and pupil on title, woodcut initials opening the text. 19th-century sheep-backed boards (spine worn, sides slightly rubbed). Provenance: G.J. Fisher (bookplate); library stamp on title.
The woodcut is a close copy of one used by Leeu at Antwerp in his Cato, 1485. HC *4719; GW 6284; BMC III 748 (IA. 37291); Goff C-297; Schreiber 3679; Schramm XXI p.26.