AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, 354-430). De civitate Dei , in Italian: De la cita d'dio . [?Venice: Antonio di Bartolommeo da Bologna (Miscomini), c. 1476-78]. Small 2° (278 x 190mm). 322 leaves only (of 324), roman type, 47 lines, double column, capital spaces, a few initials supplied in manuscript. (Lacking the 2 blanks a1 & H12, gathering a12 misbound at end, first leaves a little browned and finger-soiled, a1 (i.e. a2) soiled and margins extensively repaired, corners of following 2 leaves repaired, a few marginal repairs throughout, small wormhole in outer corner, light spotting and occasional finger-soiling.) 19th-century blind-stamped calf (covers detached and supplied from another book, rubbed). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN . HC *2071; GW 2892; BMC VII, 1136; BSB-Ink A-865; CIBN A-691; Bod-inc A-534; Goff A-1248.
AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, 354-430). De civitate Dei , in Italian: De la cita d'dio . [?Venice: Antonio di Bartolommeo da Bologna (Miscomini), c. 1476-78]. Small 2° (278 x 190mm). 322 leaves only (of 324), roman type, 47 lines, double column, capital spaces, a few initials supplied in manuscript. (Lacking the 2 blanks a1 & H12, gathering a12 misbound at end, first leaves a little browned and finger-soiled, a1 (i.e. a2) soiled and margins extensively repaired, corners of following 2 leaves repaired, a few marginal repairs throughout, small wormhole in outer corner, light spotting and occasional finger-soiling.) 19th-century blind-stamped calf (covers detached and supplied from another book, rubbed). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN . HC *2071; GW 2892; BMC VII, 1136; BSB-Ink A-865; CIBN A-691; Bod-inc A-534; Goff A-1248.
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