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LICETI, FORTUNIO. De lucernis antiqvorum reconditis libb. qvatvor…
Venetiis, Euangelistam Deuch, 1621. First edition, small 4to, pp. [68], 415; title with woodcut printer's device, 1 folding woodcut showing an ancient oil lamp, 1 full-page illustration (showing another printer's device?) plus 15 woodcut illustrations of ancient lamps in text, head- and tail-pieces, decorated initials, and printed marginal notes throughout; old full brown calf, worn, spine quite rubbed, but hinges still holding, and front and rear free-endpapers are missing. A good enough copy of the rare first edition of a classic study on ancient lamps and the ritual use of fire in religious and other ceremonies.
Offered for US$ 850.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 26552