Marcus Valerius Probus and Petrus Diaconus and Venerable Bede

Hoc In Volumine Haec Continentur: M. Val. Probus de Notis Roma. Petrus Diaconus de Eadem Re. De Metrius Alabaldus de Minutiis. Ven. Beda de Computo per Gestum Digitorum.

      JOANNES TACUINUS VENICE 1525 - VELLUM Venice: in aedibus Ioannis Tacuini Tridinensis, 1525. Quarto, 15 x 20 cm. (a3), A-L8. First edition. Full contemporary limp vellum. 83 leaves foliated on the rectos. Rubricated title page. Engraved plate of a sibyl under an arch. Text in Latin. Includes 3 works by Bede the Venerable, the most significant of which is a first printing of his De Computo per Gestum Digitorum, a reference on medieval finger signing. Vellum stained. 2 cords detached at the front hinge. Text block thumbed and dampstained. 10 lines of text crossed out in old ink on leaf XLIII. Good condition. Graesse(V) page 450, Fairfax Murray 1592, OCLC 5093750; cf. De Morgan page 34. beh(case east). RARE BOOKS, Standard. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]