Tertullianus, Apologeticus aduersus gentes, Florence, Filippo I Giunta, 1513, contemporary brown Italian (Florence?) morocco

TERTULLIANUS, QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENS. Apologeticus adversus gentes. Florence: Filippo I Giunta, October 1513

8vo (142 x 95 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. Collation: A-F⁸: 48 leaves (F8 blank), quire E duplicated, its contents crossed out in pencil, woodcut initials. (Ink stains on title and preliminaries, half-inch strip cut out of title — presumably to remove a signature — title laid down, dark stains to fore-edge of second half.)

Binding: Contemporary brown Italian morocco (147 x 95 mm), blind tooled, two intersecting outer frames formed by four fillets, panel containing two vertical rows of four knotwork tools, two pairs of fabric ties, flat (or flattened) spine, title on tail-edge in ink "TERTVLI. APOLOGET." (Binding worn, losses to ends of spine and corners, faint residue evident across spine, possibly from the removal of a label, later endleaves.)

Provenance: Luigi Ordoño de Rosales Cigalini (1837–1901), Marchese di Castelleone, resided at Bernate Rosales (Como), ex libris "Biblioteca Rosales, Bernate" (Bragaglia 2287). Acquisition: Purchased from Libraio Antiquario Meda Riquier, Pavia, 2011. References: Renouard XXXVII/47; Edit16 48069; USTC 858899; Decia & Delfiol p. 81 no. 47