AMPHITHEATRIDION. HOC EST, PARVUM AMPHITHEATRUM, CUI PAVCA MUNDI THETRA COMPARARE VIX ULLUM ANTEPONERE AMPHITHEATRUM POSSIS. IN QUATUOR PARTES DIVISUM

by Giovanni Botero

$8,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

First edition

Coloniae Agrippinae Cologne : Apud Lambertum Andreae, 1597 . 208 x 160 mm. 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 . 26 p.l., 147, 1 blank pp. FIRST EDITION. Once splendid--and still appealing--18th century calf, elaborately gilt, covers framed by wide palmette roll and narrow flower-and-bead roll, central panel outlined in black paint, large central lozenge composed of myriad small floral tools, leaves,

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