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CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 B.C.). Orationes . Edited by Ludovicus Carbo (1430-1485). [Venice:] Adam de Ambergau, 1472. Median 2° (314 x 211mm). Collation: [1 12 2-26 10 27-28 8 29-30 10 ] (1/1 blank, 1/2 text, 30/9v colophon, 30/10 blank). 296 (of 298, without first and final blank) leaves. 37 lines. Type: 2:116R. 8- and 5-line initials in red, a few in later black penwork, red capital strokes and foliation, traces of early MS quiring. (A few small wormholes, mostly filled, occasional expertly repaired marginal tear, one leaf with slight marginal stain.) Early 19th-century olive straight-grained morocco gilt, probably by Lewis, wide inner dentelle, vellum doublures, leather inner joints, gilt edges (very slightly scuffed, upper corners slightly bumped). Provenance : F.L. Keller (armorial stamp on first leaf) -- C.S. Ascherson (bookplate). THIRD EDITION of Cicero's Orationes . As a supreme example of Ciceronian style, they were highly prized by Renaissance humanists. Ludovico Carbone, student of Theodor Gaza, edited the present edition. This is the only book in which the printer calls himself Adam of Ambergau. In all of his other books he signed himself merely 'Adam', so that he was for a time identified with Adam Rot of Rome. The confusion was furthered by the fact that Adam never stated the place of printing in any of his editions. For his Cicero Adam acquired a new type (described by BMC as an 'elegant round text type'), which he used only here; it later passed to Leonardus Aurl. HC *5123; BMC V, 189 (IB. 19811-13); GW 6766; IGI 2925; Goff C-543.