Schonvisner Stephano (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Typis Regia Universiitatis, Budae 1778
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, CanadaThompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB
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First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Quarto. [A2-3, 233]. Vignettes on initial pages of Parts I & II, 3 folding engraved plates inserted at rear, decorative tailpieces & intital letters. Binding quarter calf, four raised bands, marbled boards. Stamp on title page and p.119, ink notations on title page, foot of pages 186…-189 and head of first folding plate. Small, neat repair to an old worm hole at foot of pp 100-125. Pages crisp, minor damp staining not affecting text. A decent and pleasing copy. Rare. Stephen Schönvisner [1738 - 1818], Hungarian Jesuit and Theologian, Archeology professor at the Royal University of Budapest, discoverer of the Roman city of Aquincum.
