Bandini (Angelo Maria) Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae

Bandini (Angelo Maria) Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae varia continens Opera Graecorum Patrum, 3 vol., titles in red and black, vol.1 with engraved title-vignette and portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, some folding, and decorations, old red ink stamp to titles, contemporary vellum, vol.1 not uniform with others, extremities a little worn, folio, Florence, Typis Caesareis, 1764-70. *** The splendidly printed catalogue of Greek manuscripts preserved in the Laurentian library, formed by successive generations of the Medici family. Bandini received his education among the Jesuits and showed special interest for the study of antiquities. A further 5 volumes covering the Latin manuscripts was published 1774-78 and a further 3 volumes between 1791 and 1793.

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