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8vo (152 x 88 mm) 4 nn.ll., 207 num.ll., 5 nn.ll. Contemporary French citron morocco decorated in Turkish style, covers ornated with stencilled flower design within gilt frame, central gilt medaillon, gilt edges, manuscript title ‘Senec. Trag.’ on lower outer margin.
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Renouard, Alde, 80:4; Ahmanson-Murphy, 155; Adams, S-903.
Very fine edition of the tragedies of Seneca (whose name on the title is spelled by mistake ‘Sceneca’) printed by Jer. Avancia, printer of a Lucretius in 1500.
Exceptional binding
This copy is covered with an exceptional binding, probably Venetian, in citron Morocco, also known as ‘Turkish Morocco’.
These bindings are distinguished by a stenciled decoration with floral motifs. This type of binding was particularly appreciated by the great collector Jacques Auguste de Thou who had others made, with his coat of arms, at the beginning of the 17th century (see Esmerian, I, 115 & 113).
The decoration of this binding is to be compared to the one listed in the Gumuchian catalog (Bindings from the 15th to the 19th century, numbers 70 & 71).
Provenance: Congregation of Peace (17th century Italian inscription on the flyleaf and on the title).
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