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Filosofi de Diogene Laertio, Venice, 1611

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Filosofi de Diogene Laertio, Venice, 1611
Of the Lives of the Philosophers in Ten Books, an Italian edition: LAERTIUS, DIOGENES. Delle Vite De' diogene Laertio Libri dieci. Ripieni D'Istorie Gioveoli, Soggetti piaceuoli, E Tempi morali, & di Sentenze graui. Accressiute, & migliorate di molto, da quelle ch'erano le date fuori nelle passate editioni. Dal R. P. D. Gio. Felice Astolfi. Con l'Aggiunta d'un Comendio delle Vite de' piu Illustri Oratori, & Poeti, che fieno fioriti per tutto' l mondo ne' seconadietro... Venice: Apresso Gratiofo Perchacino, 1611. 8vo (8 5/8" x 6 5/16"). Marbled paper over boards, brown cloth spine. With small woodcut illustrations throughout. Good; light staining/soiling throughout, what appears to be burn marks/holes on the index table at front, extending through about three page; 1 1/2" stain on p. 3; several page edges slightly frayed, some wrinklilng, lower corners torn on p. 58, 73, 80, 82; a few pages with single words underlined in red pencil. Previous owner's bookplate on free endpaper. On pastedown, a lion-on-crown bookplate of Wilbraham Egerton, possibly the 1st Earl Egerton (1832-1909), an English politician.