Format in-8ยฐ, mm. 165x110, pp. 648, (16). Complete. Hardback with handwritten titles on the spine. Minor defects and sporadic foxing, small loss of text on f. T4 (index). Old handwritten notes in the margins of the text. Small ink stain at the edge of the last leaves.
Cinquecentina printed in Lyon in 1550 for Sebatien Gryphius. Work of the Italian humanist Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), only Volume 1 (of 3), containing the Espistolarum Libros XII & Miscelleanorum Centuriam I. Typographic device on the title page. Latin text, Roman italics. Woodcut capital letters.