A commentary on and epithome of Laurentius Valla's De Elegantiis

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1 BIENATO, Aurelio.
Venice, Ioan. Antonio de Nicolinis de Sabio for Melchiore Sessa, 1539. Small 8vo. Later three quarter vellum, gilt and ribbed spine, boards covered with decorated paper. Charming woodcut printer's device showing a cat with a mouse in its mout, with motto 'Dissimilium infida societas' underneath, repeated on verso of last leaf. 63, (1) lvs. (Collation: A-H8). Full description >>

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