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You are bidding on a very rare antique hardcover book titled Io. Alb. Fabricii Bibliotheca Latina. Nunc melius delecta rectius digesta et aucta diligenta Io. Aug. Ernesti. The book is in Latin. This is Volume II. Published in Leipsig, Germany by Weidmanni Heredes Et Reichium, 1773. "The author of this book is Johann Albert Fabricius (1668-1736). He was a German classical philologist and bibliographer, who is credited with 128 books, but he is the author of many of them, one of the most famous of which is" Bibliotheca Latina "(1697, improved and corrected 1773). Edited by Johann August Ernesti. This is an extremely early and quite rare printing! Book features hand-laid paper! Book is quarter-bound in leather with leather tips. Spine has five raised bands and gold lettering and gold designs. Covers firmly attached with no cracking or splitting of hinges. Corners worn through. All pages are clean and tightly bound (472 pages). The pages have very little foxing. The outer edges of the pages are an attractive red color. The outer page edges also are shiny as though they were polished by the book binder. Book remains in good condition. Small numbers written on title page and light ink stamp on title page "Stadtarchiv Rathenow." A very rare antiquarian book! Would make a super addition to a collection. Great gift idea! (Inventory: 58) Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
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White T3bf64
Beautiful book! Very co-operative seller. Upgraded shipping at my request to get it through the holiday mails. Excellent wrapping. Saving this dealer so I can buy again. Thank you!