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M. T. Ciceronis clarissimi Rhetoricae veteris liber I

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Publication date: .M.CCCCLXXXIII die .XVII. Iulii. [July 17 1483]
Call number: 103156
Creator: Cicero, Marcus Tullius(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Inscription on rear pastedown by Adam Gelthus, a relative of Johann Gutenberg, "Ego Adam Gelthusz dedi has rethoricas Ciceronis vna cum Quintiliani libros Institucionum ad bibliothecas fratrum Mino[rum] in Maguntina. die decimoquatro mensis Aprilis a[nn]o M D decimooctauo [i.e. 14 April 1518]". Correspondence regarding inscription in PF. Numerous contemporary ms. annotations and underlinings in the second half of the work continuing onto final blank leaf. From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Dimensions: 32 cm (Folio)
Associated people: Victorinus, Marius, (active 15th century.); Gregori, Giovanni de', (-1518 or 1519,); Britannico, Giacomo, (1792-1872,); Gelthus, Adam,; Phillipps, Thomas,
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