VETTORI PIETRO.:

PETRII VICTORII EXPLICATIONES SUARUM IN CICERONEM CASTIGATIONUM.

      Lugduni, apud Antonium Vicentium, 1560. Small 8vo, 180 x 110 mm, 7" x 4.¼", publisher's device on title page, 700 pages plus colophon, bound in contemporary German pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, blind-stamped decoration, central panel different on upper and lower covers, each with a central figure surrounded by a pictorial border, lacking clasps, raised bands to spine, any lettering on spine now almost illegible. Binding slightly worn and discoloured, slightly chipped at head and tail of spine, slightly rubbed on hinges, small patch of worm damage to front pastedown, lacking front endpaper, 2 sets of initials and trace of inscription at foot of title page, intermittent pale damp-staining in lower margin, a few neat old ink marginal notes, occasional discreet underlining, 1 ink mark on text, all still legible, a couple of vertical lines in margin, very short closed margin tear to 5 pages, last 11 pages lightly damp-stained in lower outer corner, last 6 pages and colophon damp-stained in top half, single wormhole in last 3 pages and colophon affecting text area but without loss. A very good tight copy in a very early binding (16th century?). Pietro Vettori (1499-1584) was a noted Italian humanist and philologist. This work on Cicero was first published in 1538. Images sent on request.