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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; 19th-c. drab paper- covered boards, paper labels titled and numbered in mss on spine, dampstaining and scattered spotting to spine and boards, with moderate wear to extremities, and the text pages remarkably clean. A good or better 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: 26593