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[…] *De arte aman//di* & *De remedio // amoris* with *commentary*. [At the end of the text:] Carefully compiled by Bartolomæo Merula Mantuano. Printed in Venice by the skillful and industrious Ioan//nes de Tridino, also known as Tacuinus. In the year of our Lord M. cccclxxxxiiii [Venice, 1494]. 2 parts in one in-4° volume (190 x 290 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges (18th-century Italian binding).

55 numbered folios (out of 56) [with a pagination error on the last few], signed: a-g6, A6 & B-C4.
Two large ornate initials and a few small ones.
Binding slightly rubbed; copy with narrow margins and damage to the running titles; title page soiled and text on the reverse (dedication) partially erased; a few handwritten inscriptions, notably on the title page; damage in the inner margin of the last folio present; last folio (C4) “Privilegivm” missing.
Hain, 12290; Hain-Copinger, *12219; Proctor, 5431.
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Lot no. 16

[OVID]. […] *De arte aman//di* & *De remedio // amoris* with *commentary*. [At the end of the text:] Carefully compiled by Bartolomæo Merula Mantuano. Printed in Venice by the skillful and industrious Ioan//nes de Tridino, also known as Tacuinus. In the year of our Lord M. cccclxxxxiiii [Venice, 1494]. 2 parts in one in-4° volume (190 x 290 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges (18th-century Italian binding). 55 numbered folios (out of 56) [with a pagination error on the last few], signed: a-g6, A6 & B-C4. Two large ornate initials and a few small ones. Binding slightly rubbed; copy with narrow margins and damage to the running titles; title page soiled and text on the reverse (dedication) partially erased; a few handwritten inscriptions, notably on the title page; damage in the inner margin of the last folio present; last folio (C4) “Privilegivm” missing. Hain, 12290; Hain-Copinger, *12219; Proctor, 5431.

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€2,000 - €2,500
Buyer's premium
30%
[OVID]. […] *De arte aman//di* & *De remedio // amoris* with *commentary*. [At the end of the text:] Carefully compiled by Bartolomæo Merula Mantuano. Printed in Venice by the skillful and industrious Ioan//nes de Tridino, also known as Tacuinus. In the year of our Lord M. cccclxxxxiiii [Venice, 1494]. 2 parts in one in-4° volume (190 x 290 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges (18th-century Italian binding). 55 numbered folios (out of 56) [with a pagination error on the last few], signed: a-g6, A6 & B-C4. Two large ornate initials and a few small ones. Binding slightly rubbed; copy with narrow margins and damage to the running titles; title page soiled and text on the reverse (dedication) partially erased; a few handwritten inscriptions, notably on the title page; damage in the inner margin of the last folio present; last folio (C4) “Privilegivm” missing. Hain, 12290; Hain-Copinger, *12219; Proctor, 5431.
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