M Fabii Quinctiliani De Institutione Oratoria Libri Duodecim Cum Duplici Indice Rerum

by Quintillian

$1,750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Oxoniae: e Theatro Sheldoniano. Impensis Henrici Cruttenden, typographi, 1693. First Gibson edition edited by him at the age of just 24 , small 4to, pp. 22 , 645, 1 , 72 indexes and emendations; contemporary full speckled paneled calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; small chip from one corner of the top of the spine, else a very good, sound copy. John Evelyn's copy, with the estate bookplate and his accession numbers on the front free endpaper.

• Binding: Leather

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