Opera.

Accession number: 
PML 1858
Author: 
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Published: 
Lugduni : A Gryphium, 1585-1588.
Credit: 
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Description: 
5 v. ; 13 cm
Notes: 

HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
One other volume in this bindings set: PML 1863.
The motto on these Duodo bindings: "Expectata non eludet."

Binding: 
Olive-brown morocco, gold tooled, by Clovis Eve for Pierre Duodo (1554-1611),
Provenance: 
Binding with the arms of Ventian statesman Pierre Duodo (1554-1611); armorial bookplate of George Gostling; C.J. Toovey's Burnham Abbey bookplate; from the Toovey collection; Pierpont Morgan.
Classification: 
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