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Antiquity] - BAIF, Lazare de - Opus de re uestimentaria (...) recognitum. Eiusdem, de uasculorum materiis ac uarietate tractatus. Venice, G.A. Niccolini da Sabio for M. Sessa, September 1535, 8vo, mod. overl. vellum, flat spine, red edges, 72-[6] ff. (lacking final mark and blank; paper age-toned, minor staining). Good copy.
Rare Venitian ed. of 2 works on daily life in Antiquity by the French humanist L. de Baïf (1496-1547), describing ancient Roman dress (and textiles) and vases (and other receptacles), 1st publ. 1531. Large woodcut mark (cat and mouse) on title. Ref. Edit16 3903. Not in Adams, BnF, STCItalian (BL).