Lot n° 1111

VALERIANUS, Joannes Pierius Pro sacerdotum barbis. 1558 A. Wechel, 8vo, old leather (worn, front cover loose), red edges, marbled endpapers, silk marker, 47-[1] pp. (cut short occ. shaving running title).  Good copy.

Estimation : 150 / 250
Adjudication : 700 €
Description
Very rare ed. (1st Rome 1531) of a humanist text by G.P. Valeriano (1477-1558) defending the growing of beards by religious leaders, and also the earliest separate treatise on beards. Woodcut mark on title. In italics. Old name on front flyleaf "F. Bruijnincx". Old armorial bookpl. "In virtute et iustitia". Collector’s stamp I.I.A.D.B.
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