Philippus Trenta - Limon sive Urbanarum Quaestionum Libri Tres - rara - 1782

Author/ Editor: Trenta, Philippi Title: Limon sive urbanarum quaestionum. Format: Gr.-4° (29 cm x 21 cm), Collation: With 10 etched vignettes and initials, XII, 203 pages. Cover: gold-embossed leather binding of the period. Publisher / Place / Year: Libri tres. Rome, Perego Salvioni, 1782. Description: The work addresses in three books various cultural-historical questions concerning the customs and manners of ancient Rome and early Christianity. Among the topics covered are, among others, the then-current dietary habits, bath culture, as well as fashion. The treatise is written in Latin and oriented toward scholarly-historical analysis. Condition: Binding worn and bumped, corners worn, lower spine with a small defect, spine label only fragmentarily preserved. Paper somewhat browned, partly lightly speckled. Front flyleaf with an old name inscription. 1 leaf in the white margin old-backed. Good copy.

Estimate:£296.15

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