Niccolò Perotti - Cornucopiae

Cornucopiae, or Commentaries on the Latin language of great richness. Basel, Valentin Curio, 1526, (68) 1346 [=1436 columns is 718 pp) (30) pp - blind-stamped binding over wooden boards Good. Later leather on the spine, loss of leather at the head and tail of the spine, and on two corners of the front and back boards, some wormholes flattened. Cover boards damaged, back free endpaper loose. Front endpaper missing. Inside hinges slightly open—book block bound firmly in the spine. Title page loose. Some scribbles on the title page and on the verso of the last text page. Several wormholes in all pages of the preliminaries, some or many in all pages, multiple in the last 80 leaves. Hole in the side margin across 8 leaves. Interior browned, here and there a spot, damp stain/moist spots, most pages as well as damp spots/gray spots (not to be wiped away) in the side margin of all pages. Some dog-ears. Restoration at the bottom of pages 601/602 To be sent by registered mail

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