Constantius, Jacob of Fano. Collectaneorum Hecatostys Prima.

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Constantius, Jacob of Fano. Collectaneorum Hecatostys Prima.

<<First Edition.>> Latin interspersed with Greek (likely cut by Francesco da Bologna). ff. (100). Trace stained, small wormhole in gutter. Recent marbled boards with morocco spine label and attached lead seal. Sm. 4to. Adams C-2555; Manzoni, Annali Tipografici dei Soncino 34.

Fano: Hieronymo Soncino (Gershom Soncino) 1508

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

A Renaissance humanist work on the poetry of Ovid. The author, Giacomo Constanzi (or, Jacobus Constantinus, c. 1473-1517), a native of Fano, was Professor of Latin and Greek at Ferrara. Famed as a publisher of Biblical and rabbinic books in Hebrew, Soncino also issued works of Christian theology, Humanism and general Italian literature.