Piccolomini, In librum Galeni de humoribus, commentarii, Paris, Bernardino Torresano, 1556, nineteenth-century English red morocco armorial binding

Piccolomini, Arcangelo. Archangeli Piccolhomini Ferrariensis, In librum Galeni de humoribus, commentarii. Ad Michaelem Turrianum comitem, ac Cenetensem episcopum. Paris: Bernardino Torresano, 1556

Arcangelo Piccolomini's commentary on the treatise of Galen.

8vo (163 x 100 mm). Roman, italic, and Greek type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: a-x⁸ y² X²: 172 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials, four folding tables, early reader's marks. (Tables detached, b8 bound before b1, scattered staining, foxing, and browning, a few splits to folds of gatherings.)

binding: Nineteenth-century English red morocco armorial binding (170 x 113 mm), gilt leafy border, gilt arms at center, flat spine with false bands in six compartments, second gilt-lettered, others with gilt ovals with spokes, edges speckled red and brown, top stained black, turn-ins gilt with gilt Greek key pattern, green silk endleaves. (Minor soiling, a few spots to silk.)

provenance: Early inscription "Anthonii Heurnii" on verso of title-page — armorial supralibros — James Atkinson (1759- 1839), signature on title — Philobiblon Auctions, Asta 7, Rome, 22 June 2016, lot 256. acquisition: Purchased at Philobiblon Auctions via Halwas. references: UCLA 1047; Renouard 296/5; FB 82893; USTC 152073