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MONTECALVI, Onorato ([dates unknown]). Trium barbarorum philosophorum vite Abaris Hyperborei, Anacharsis Scythe, Asclepii Imuti [Colophon:] Cesari: Typis Josephi Nerii Impress. Cam., 1631. 12mo (125 x 72mm). Engraved architectural title with allegorical figures, initials and ornaments, woodcut printer's device at the end (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Old calf, gilt edges (lacks spine). Provenance: small manuscript device on verso of title. FIRST EDITION of this work on the "barbarian" philosophers Abaris the Hyperborean, Anacharsis and Asclepius. RARE.