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ASSEMANI, GIUSEPPE SIMONE.
Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vati-
cana.
[44], 648, [2]; [172], 546, [2]; [36],
709, [1]; [32], 963 pages, including half-
title and errata leaf in each volume, and
engraved frontispiece in Volume 1 depict-
ing the author before Pope Clement XI. 3
volumes in 4. Folio, 356x239 mm, later
1
/
2
vellum with spine titles in ink, spines
soiled and worn with ink shelf numbers,
ends chipped, Volume 1 front joint partly
cracked; varying browning, occasional fox-
ing, accession number on leaf after title in
each volume, clean tear in t1 in Volume 2.
Rome: typis Sacrae Congregationis de
Propaganda Fide, 1719-28
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
of the author’s magnum opus,
a monumental bio-bibliography of Syriac litera-
ture based on the manuscript holdings of the
Vatican Library. Graf III, 451-53.
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ANSELM, Saint.
Omnia . . . opuscula.
[8], 231, [1]; 159, [1] leaves, including final
blank in each part. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, 208x151 mm, later vellum boards with
leather lettering piece, shelf number stamped in black on spine; light to moderate foxing,
scattered marginal dampstains, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title, accession
number on next leaf, few gatherings in second part browned.
Venice: ad signum Spei, 1549
[400/600]
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APICIUS COELIUS.
De opsoniis et condimentis; sive, De arte coquinaria,
libri decem . . . editio secunda, longe auctior atque emendatior.
Edited with notes
by Martin Lister. [38], 277, [43] pages, including engraved additional title showing kitchen
scene. 8vo, 155x99 mm, contemporary vellum boards, spine darkened with ink shelf num-
ber; occasional toning, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on title, accession number on next
leaf.
Amsterdam: apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1709
[200/300]
Second Lister edition, after the first of 1705, of the only surviving Roman culinary text. Cagle
1076; Keynes (Lister) 31.
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ATHANASIUS, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria.
Opera.
Latin translation by Petrus
Nannius. [8], 730; 142, [26] pages. Folio, 328x222 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin
over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps, cloth shelf label on spine; contents toned
with occasional marginal foxing, preliminaries browned with dampstain at bottom of title,
accession number on next leaf, front pastedown browned and dampstained with lower por-
tion torn off. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary bookplate. Hoffmann I, 388.
Basel: (Nicolaus & Eusebius Episcopius), 1564
[300/500]