Armorial Binding. [Sepulchral epigraphy and epitaphs] Tonjol...

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£250

Armorial Binding. [Sepulchral epigraphy and epitaphs] Tonjolæ (Johannis) [Tonjola Johannes], Basilea sepulta, retecta, continuata [...], first edition, Basileæ [i.e. Basil]: Typis & Impensis Emanuelis König & Fil, 1661, macabre memento mori additional title-page engraved by Peter Aubry, worm trail affecting it and the following six leaves of text, never with loss of sense, affecting some of the pastedown too, contemporaneous armorial vellum binding over boards, the covers blocked in black with supralibros and fleur-de-lis spandrels, 4to

Provenance: Count Franz von Trauttmannsdorff (1662-1719), Austrian diplomat and bibliophile; his armorial binding and bookplate to verso pastedown.