Laguna, Andrés. Annotationes in Dioscoridem Anazarbeum. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1554. In 16° (115 x 70 mm);340, [2] pages. Typographical mark to title page (browning, minor flaws.) Coeval vellum binding with vertical manuscript title to smooth spine. Also in the lot a marginal copy of the first Italian edition De gli uffici.Della amicitia. Della vecchiazza. Le paradossedi Cicerone in Federico Vendramini's translation, printed by Vitali and Gabiano in 1528, Il pecorone di ser Giovanni Fiorentino dated 1601 with stamp of Gustavo Galletti but unfortunately with some papers detached, and Josepho della guerra iudaica tradotto in lingua thoscana et nuovamente con diligentia printed by Ravano in 1531. (4)

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