VITAE PONTIFICUM

by Incunabula, Bartholomaeus Platina

$7,800 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages · No longer available

Treviso : Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 10 Feb. 1485 . 310 x 210 mm. 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 . 135 leaves lacking final blank . Contemporary wooden boards backed with period? deerskin, flat spine, two later black leather labels, front board with remnants of straps nailed on, rear board with brass catch plates rear hinge reinforced at final leaf . In a fine modern brown linen clamshell box with black morocco label on back.

• Binding: Leather

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