Janus

1618 · 63659 — Hamburg:: Froben 1618-1619. old full soiled vellum over wooden boards; title lettered on spine in ms.; front joint broken exposing perfectly sound sewing structure beneath; 2 x 4" portion of spine including some of the lettering missing; some shallow chipping to the upper board at fore-ege where the vellum has become detached. . Old engraved armorial bookplate; title page trimmed 2" at lower edge below the plate mark; text block tanned; damage to binding as noted above despite which defects the volume is still securely sewn. Oversized thick folio. Two engraved title pages plus three typographic title pages. . Froben, hardcover