Corradus (Sebastianus)

Quæstura

In qua referuntur, & explicantur ea, quæ sequenti pagina continentur. Cum Indice.
Large woodcut device on the title.
8vo. [172 x 105 x 22 mm]. 339, [11] pp. Bound in contemporary flexible vellum, the spine covered c.1800 in red and blue block printed paper, with the title written in ink on an orange paper label and the shelf-marks on a paper label towards the foot, plain edges, with the title written in ink on the lower edge. (Lacking ties, a few short splits and holes in the paper). Stock no. ebc2684.
Bononiæ [i.e. Bologna]: apud Anselmum Giaccarellum, 1555.

Adams 2688.
A fine copy of a rare edition of Corradus's life of Cicero. A number of words and lines have been neatly underlined in ink, at an early date. The abbreviated title in manuscript on the lower edge indicates that the volume would once have been stored either flat on a shelf or perhaps in a chest with the tail-edge upwards. It was later turned around to show the spine, which was covered with a pretty piece of Italian decorated paper and labels were added. There is an ink inscription on the title "Bibl. Colleg. Sen. Soc. Jesu. Cat. Inscripe" and a booklabel "Bibliothecæ Petri Buoninsegni Senis 1814".