MANUSCRIT - Marci Tulii Ciceronis liber primus de Officus in - Lot 1

MANUSCRIT - Marci Tulii Ciceronis liber primus de Officus incipit...One volume in-4 calf on period wood (defects, missing spine and second board as well as clasps, traces of moisture at top of first few leaves, incomplete last few leaves). A 15th-century manuscript carefully calligraphed in Latin on vellum, 27 lines per page, with red or blue rubricated capitals, red rubricated cross-references in the margins, a fine illuminated title page with a coat of arms adorned with two silver crescents and two large illuminated capitals on ff. 36 and 59. On the flyleaf, a small coat-of-arms has been drawn in pen. Our manuscript contains a total of 86 leaves (incomplete at the end of the volume) and has been placed in a Plexiglas box.