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an old book with a picture of a man with a beard
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €300 - €450
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Bodoni Theophrastus Two hitherto unpublished chapters from Theophrastus of Eresus’ *Characterum ethicorum*, which were published in Greek from an 11th-century Vatican manuscript and translated into Latin. Annotated and introduced by Joh. Chr. Amadutius. With engraved title vignette and engraved frontispiece. Parma, from the Royal Printing House (Bodoni), 1786. 4 leaves, 128 pages, 5 leaves in 4° format. Contemporary leather binding on two bands with some gilt decoration on the spine and triple gilt edges; marbled endpapers in a leather case (slightly bumped and somewhat stained; spine professionally restored). One of only 118 copies. - De Lama II 41 - Weiss 88 - Ebert 22837: ‘First publication of the 29th and 30th characters’, which are found in an 11th-century manuscript in the Vatican Archives. - Bodoni designed his own, extremely harmonious and elegant Greek characters for this book, which balanced perfectly with the Latin letters of the translation. - Old title page mounted on the inside cover, 2 bookplates on the endpaper, title page slightly foxed, otherwise a clean copy with very wide margins. A famous edition of the character sketches by the ancient philosopher Theophrastus of Eresos, published in Parma in 1786 by the renowned printer Giambattista Bodoni. This edition presents two previously unpublished chapters (Chapters 29 and 30) from an 11th-century Vatican manuscript in Greek and Latin. Contemporary full leather binding on two bands with some gilt decoration and triple gilt edges, marbled endpapers (housed in a cloth-covered slipcase) (slightly bumped and somewhat stained, spine professionally restored). - Old title page mounted on the inside cover, 2 bookplates on the endpaper, title page slightly foxed, otherwise a clean copy with very wide margins.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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