COCHLAEUS (Johannes). *Vita Theoderici regis ostrogothorum e - Lot 108

COCHLAEUS (Johannes). *Vita Theoderici regis ostrogothorum et italiae*. Stockholm, Enaeus, 1699. Small quarto, brown grained calfskin, decorated spine, marbled edges (contemporary binding). An annotated edition by the Swedish antiquarian and scholar Johann Peringskiöld of this biography of Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths and of Italy from 493 to 526. It is illustrated with a separate copperplate engraving (p. 262) and several woodcuts within the text (Runic alphabet, etc.). Early handwritten note on the title page. Lining and endpapers replaced.

Estimate:£250.39

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