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FIRST GERMAN EDITION4to, 2 parts in 1 volume: pp. [20], 838, [2]; [16], 622, [70]. Roman and Italic letters. Woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, initial t-p printed in red and black, second t-p only in black, double-column-text. A few early annotations at the beginning. Occasional light browning and early restorations, perhaps contemporary, to original small paper flaws at blank margins. Contemp. German blind-tooled alum-tawed pigskin decorated with oval arabesque centrepieces within floriated borders on covers. Faded early title handwritten below head of spine, old shelfmark paper label to spine's tail. An excellent copy.First German edition, printed in Frankfurt by Egenolff Emmel, of this treaty of economic jurisprudence on the principles governing the compensation of damages and the restitution of assets. The Perugian playwright and jurist Sforza Oddi wrote this treatise while he was in his villa at Murlo, near Perugia, during the early 1580s. It was first printed in Venice by L. Pasini and M.… Read More

A UNIQUE COPY!!12mo. 2 vols: [2], 352; [4], 291, [1] pp., with 16 folding engraved plates bound horizontally taken from a 16th century edition. Bound in quarter red morocco and paper over pasteboards. Some light scratches and scuffing to the binding, else very good. Light age toning. Clean and crisp throughout.This curious copy of an early C19th edition of Ovid's Latin Metamorphoses with a French translation by J. G. Dubois Fontanelle, was cheaply printed in Paris by Duprat-Duverger and Delalain in 1806 in two 12mo volumes. It is "curious" because it contains a gorgeous folding engraved frontispiece and 15 other alike engraved plates bound horizontally at the beginning of each book of the Metamorphoses. After a careful investigation, we found out that all the other digitised copies of the same edition of this book, either do not have plates at all or they do, but the plates are totally different, being full-page, none folding and surely executed in a later style. Moreover, the initial plate is not… Read More

4to, ff. LVI. Paganini's curious Italic letter, sporadic Roman. Title within charming intricate white-on-black border, 5 woodcut vignettes and 5 initials, one of which criblé. Text in verse printed on centre of the pages, sided by two-column commentary by Bartolomeo Merula, printed side notes and occasional early ms. underscoring. C19th private-library stamp on t-p, torn bookplate on verso of flyleaf. Bound in 18th-century stiff vellum with calligraphic title written on front cover, spine with later stamped lettering. All edges sprinkled in red, overhang cover. A very good copy.The first edition of Ovid's classic appeared in 1494 and was multifariously reprinted. This fascinating edition, which includes also the companion work De remedio amoris, was printed by Alessandro Paganini, a rather mysterious printer who produced visually-intriguing imprints during the first half of the 16th century.The Ars amatoria ("Art of loving"), which is the title derived from the manuscript tradition, while the title… Read More