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Christmas Special / Antique Books, Autographs and Prints

Thursday 11 December 2025 e Friday 12 December 2025, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Sallustio Crispo, Gaio

Hic erit, ut perhibent doctorum corda virorum, primus Romana Crispus in Historia, 1503

Estimate

€ 500 - 1.000

Sold

€ 645

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Information

Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1503. In 8vo. Title page on fol. a2r and colophon on fol. k9v. Edition recomposed line by line without changing the colophon of another edition with which more recent repertoires have confused it, loose parchment binding, gilded edges. Light browning present.

Specialist Notes

The prefatory letter to Antonio di Matteo by Giovanni Canigiani is signed by Benedetto Riccardini, grammar teacher at the Florentine school of San Lorenzo (Robert Black, Machiavelli and the grammarians: Benedetto Riccardini and Paolo Sassi da Ronciglione in Archivio Storico Italiano, 173, 2015, pp. 427-482 (pp. 438,471-473: Benedetto Riccardini's prefaces to his Giunti editions ).

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