Estimate € 200 - 300
Sold € 280
Auction: 31 January 2023 at 10:00
CICERONE, Marco Tullio (106 a.C. - 43 a.C.) - De officiis libri III. Cato maior, vel de senectute: Laelius, vel de amicitia: Paradoxa Stoicorum sex. Venice: Ioannes Gryphium, 1584. An edition that collects the three famous works of Cicero, difficult to find on the market, printed by Giovanni Grifo. Folio (310 x 215mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut initials (browning and spotting sometimes heavier, occasional marginal waterstaining, some marginal wormtracks in gatherings H, K-M not touching text). Contemporary vellum with anciently reinforced spine, manuscript title on spine (rubbing, manuscript notes). Provenance: Early ownership inscription erased on page.
Estimate € 200 - 300