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VALLA, Laurentius. Elegantiarum Latinae linguae libri sex. De reciprocatione sui, & suus. Lyons: Sebastian Gryphius, 1544.
8o (169 x 111 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title and last page. CONTEMPORARY BOLOGNA BINDING: gold tooled maroon morocco, panelled sides, foliate and floral tools, author's name lettered in the central compartment of the front cover, the emblematic figure of Fortuna in the central compartment of the back cover, fillets in compartments of spine, gilt edges (very skilful repairs to to spine ends and corners). Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 9 October 1957.
The binding shares the repeated border tool and the large corner tool with a binding in Bologna University Library reproduced by De Marinis plate CCXXVII. Adams V-182 (dated 1543).
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The binding shares the repeated border tool and the large corner tool with a binding in Bologna University Library reproduced by De Marinis plate CCXXVII. Adams V-182 (dated 1543).