[BIBLIOGRAPHY - INCUNABULA]. AUDIFFREDI, Giovanni Battista (...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY - INCUNABULA]. AUDIFFREDI, Giovanni Battista (1734-1794). A group of two bibliographical repertories of fifteenth-century Italian printing. Rome: Paleari, 1783-1794.
An interesting pair of eighteenth-century bibliographical repertories devoted to Italian incunabula: the Catalogus historico-criticus romanarum editionum saeculi XV, recording books printed in Rome during the fifteenth century, and the Specimen historico-criticum editionum italicarum saeculi XV, a broader survey of Italian printing of the same period.
Catalogus historico-criticus romanarum editionum saeculi XV. Rome: Paleari, 1783. 4to (280 × 210 mm). Typographical vignette on the title-page and one plate (foxing). Half vellum, gilt-lettered spine label (minor defects). [IN LOT WITH:] Specimen historico-criticum editionum italicarum saeculi XV. Rome: Paleari, 1794. 4to (280 × 210 mm). Typographical vignette on the title-page (foxing). Half vellum, gilt-lettered spine label (minor defects). (2)
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY - INCUNABULA]. AUDIFFREDI, Giovanni Battista (1734-1794). A group of two bibliographical repertories of fifteenth-century Italian printing. Rome: Paleari, 1783-1794.
An interesting pair of eighteenth-century bibliographical repertories devoted to Italian incunabula: the Catalogus historico-criticus romanarum editionum saeculi XV, recording books printed in Rome during the fifteenth century, and the Specimen historico-criticum editionum italicarum saeculi XV, a broader survey of Italian printing of the same period.
Catalogus historico-criticus romanarum editionum saeculi XV. Rome: Paleari, 1783. 4to (280 × 210 mm). Typographical vignette on the title-page and one plate (foxing). Half vellum, gilt-lettered spine label (minor defects). [IN LOT WITH:] Specimen historico-criticum editionum italicarum saeculi XV. Rome: Paleari, 1794. 4to (280 × 210 mm). Typographical vignette on the title-page (foxing). Half vellum, gilt-lettered spine label (minor defects). (2)