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SWEET, Lodovico. The three books of the orator by M. Tullius Cicero. Venice, Pietro Bassaglia, 1745. 4to; 250x180 mm; Binding in rustic and decorated hardback with corners with manuscript title on paper spine tassel. Manuscript notes on guard sheet; Engraved intaglio coat of arms on title page of dedicatee Girolamo Grimani. Pp. [6], VIII, [2], 234, [14] 235-324. woodcut initials. Restoration to margin of some initial papers but otherwise marginal copy in good condition. Fine edition containing three books of Cicero translated by Lodovico Dolce, with the addition, p. 235 to 324 of the "Dialogue of Eloquence" by Monsignor Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570), Venetian humanist, scholar of philosophy, mathematics and optics, patriarch of Aquileia from 1550 to his death.Dolce belonged to one of the oldest Venetian noble families. He translated and commented on many classical and contemporary authors. He was the author of tragedies, comedies, poems and treatises.Graesse II, 184. 4to; 250x180mm; Sewing binding and cardboard decorated with corners with handwritten title on paper label on the spine. Handwritten notes on the end paper; Coat of arms engraved on the title page of the dedicatee Girolamo Grimani. Pp. [6], VIII, [2], 234, [14] 235-324. Woodcut initials. Restoration on the margin of some initial papers but otherwise a copy with margins in good condition. Beautiful edition containing three books by Cicero translated by Lodovico Dolce, with the addition, by p. 235 to 324 of the "Dialogue of eloquence" by Monsignor Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570), Venetian humanist, scholar of philosophy, mathematics and optics, patriarch of Aquileia from 1550 to his death.Il Dolce belonged to one of the oldest Venetian noble families. He translated and commented on many classical and contemporary authors. He was the author of tragedies, comedies, poems and treatises.Graesse II, 184.

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SWEET, Lodovico. The three books of the orator by M. Tullius Cicero. Venice, Pietro Bassaglia, 1745. 4to; 250x180 mm; Binding in rustic and decorated hardback with corners with manuscript title on paper spine tassel. Manuscript notes on guard sheet; Engraved intaglio coat of arms on title page of dedicatee Girolamo Grimani. Pp. [6], VIII, [2], 234, [14] 235-324. woodcut initials. Restoration to margin of some initial papers but otherwise marginal copy in good condition. Fine edition containing three books of Cicero translated by Lodovico Dolce, with the addition, p. 235 to 324 of the "Dialogue of Eloquence" by Monsignor Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570), Venetian humanist, scholar of philosophy, mathematics and optics, patriarch of Aquileia from 1550 to his death.Dolce belonged to one of the oldest Venetian noble families. He translated and commented on many classical and contemporary authors. He was the author of tragedies, comedies, poems and treatises.Graesse II, 184. 4to; 250x180mm; Sewing binding and cardboard decorated with corners with handwritten title on paper label on the spine. Handwritten notes on the end paper; Coat of arms engraved on the title page of the dedicatee Girolamo Grimani. Pp. [6], VIII, [2], 234, [14] 235-324. Woodcut initials. Restoration on the margin of some initial papers but otherwise a copy with margins in good condition. Beautiful edition containing three books by Cicero translated by Lodovico Dolce, with the addition, by p. 235 to 324 of the "Dialogue of eloquence" by Monsignor Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570), Venetian humanist, scholar of philosophy, mathematics and optics, patriarch of Aquileia from 1550 to his death.Il Dolce belonged to one of the oldest Venetian noble families. He translated and commented on many classical and contemporary authors. He was the author of tragedies, comedies, poems and treatises.Graesse II, 184.

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