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LONGUS, GEORGIUS. De Anulis Signatoriis Antiquorum sive de Vario obsignandi ritu Tractatus. One plate depicting 3 Greek key rings; a few text
LONGUS, GEORGIUS. De Anulis Signatoriis Antiquorum sive de Vario obsignandi ritu Tractatus. One plate depicting 3 Greek key rings; a few text illustrations. 139, [2] pages. Small 8vo, rebound in modern 1/2 calf gilt; title dampstained and with signature of Longus family member in ink; titling in contemporary hand along bottom edge. Milan: Pacifici Pontij, & Ioannem Baptistam Piccaleum, 1615
- Notes: first edition of one of the "earliest monographs on finger-rings, especially treating the history, deveolpment, uses, and significance of rings as used for official purposes or as seals, with appropriate remarks from earlier authors inserted in the text"--Sinkankas 4036.
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