Quintillian

M. Fabii Quinctiliani De institutione oratoria libri duodecim. Cum duplici indice; rerum & locutionum altero, altero auctorum. Ex Tribus Codicibus Mss. & octo impressis emendavit, atque lectiones variantes adjecit Edmundus Gibson … accedunt emendationum specimen, et Tribunus Marianus, declamatio, nunc primum ex codice Ms. edita.

Oxoniae: e Theatro Sheldoniano. Impensis Henrici Cruttenden, typographi, 1693. First Gibson edition (edited by him at the age of just 24), small 4to, pp. [22], 645, [1], [72] indexes and emendations; contemporary full speckled paneled calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; small chip from one corner of the top of the spine, else a very good, sound copy. John Evelyn's copy, with the estate bookplate and his accession numbers on the front free endpaper. Item #24616

Price: $1,750.00