Cillenio, De legato pontificio, [Venice], Accademia Veneziana, 1558, later half citron morocco

Cillenio, Raffaele. De legato pontificio. [Venice]: Accademia Veneziana, 1558

The preface is addressed to Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granville by Raffaele Cillenio. While only one work is mentioned on the title-page, the volume also contains Leon Battista Alberti's Trivia senatoria.

4to (193 x 130 mm). Roman type, 33 lines plus headline. collation: a⁴ A² B-E⁴ F²: 24 leaves. Engraved device on title-page. (Title-page slightly browned.)

binding: Nineteenth-century straight-grained half citron morocco over boards (198 x 138 mm), flat spine with gilt lettering. (Extremities slightly rubbed.)

acquisition: Purchased from B.H. Blackwell, Oxford, 1976. references: UCLA 557; Edit16 16201; Renouard 272/10