95 / 174
Éditions du XVI
e
s.
the title-page. The printer Francesco Di Dino was active in Florence between 1481 and
1497 confirming the common hypothesis. The Dominican friar and Archbishop of Florence
Antoninus (1389-1459) created the oratory of the “Buonomini di San Martino” and was
canonised in 1523. This work, meant to support the clergy in their interrogation of the
common people, was often reprinted until the 17
th
Century.
# BMC VI-634 (in-4°); # Polain 260 (id.); # Goff A835 (id.); # Stillwell A742 (id.); # Hain 1210;
# ISTC ia00835000 (id.); # GW 2141 (id.); # USTC 997695 (id.).
▲ Provenance : Dmitri-Petrowitsch, count Boutourlin (1763-1829) was one of the biggest
Russian collectors of the 19
th
Century. He lost his first library during the Fire of Moscow
in 1812 and then recreated another collection in Florence (emblazoned ex-libris); Henry
Cochin (1854-1926), French deputy and specialist in the Italian Renaissance history and
literature (id.).
¶ Edizione fiorentina in italiano di questo manuale di confessione di Santo Antonino. Mezzo zigrino blu
con angoli di Lanne (f. [5] e ultimo foglio -entrambi bianchi- mancanti, frontespizio parz. doppiato, alcuni
angoli e margini restaurati, morso sup. parz. spaccato).
¶ Édition florentine en italien de ce manuel de confession de Saint Antonin de Florence. Relié par Lanne
en demi-chagrin bleu à coins (f. [5] et dernier f. -tous deux blancs- manquants, titre part. manquant
restauré, qqs coins et marges restaurés, mors sup. part. fendu).
ÉDITIONS du XVI
e
siècle
16
de
eeuwse DRUKKEN
269 – (Antiquité & Militaria) -
APPIANUS Alexandrinus.-
Ρωµαικων
[...].
Romanarum historiarum, Celtica, Libyca, vel Carthaginensis, Illyrica, Syriaca,
Parthica, Mithridatica, civilis, quinque libris distincta. Ex bibliotheca regia.
Luteatiae [Paris], typis regiis, cura ac diligentia Caroli Stephani, 1551.
In-f° : 393-[2] pp. (foxing, light marginal dampstains, some on all the length, small hole in the margin of p.
169 otherwise copy in fresh inside condition).
19
th
Century English binding : calf, ribbed spine with blind and gilt roll-stamps and gilt fillets, brown sprinkled
edges (spine renewed, edges and corners dulled, flyleaves renewed).
Est.
:
1.000/ 1.200 €
First edition
entirely in Greek
of this work on the conquest and civil wars of the late
Roman Republic by Appian (c. 95-160). First classical work printed by Charles Estienne
using the Garamond’s Grecs du Roi displayed in a very neat typography with ornemental
head-pieces and initial letters by Geoffroy Tory (?); printer’s mark on the title-page. Work
begun by Charles Estienne and his brother Robert but finished by the first.
# Renouard 102; # Adams A-1340; # Machiels A-823; # Soltész A-455; # STC French
21; # Dibdin I-279/280 (“[...] those who cherish scarce works will do well to treasure the
productions of this elegant scholar and printer [...]” ); # USTC 150747.
▲ Provenance : William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst (1835-1909), 1
st
Baron Amherst of
Hackney, British Conservative member of Parliament and collector of books and works of
art (emblazoned ex-libris).
¶ Édition originale de cette histoire des guerres militaires et civiles de la fin de la République romaine.
Premier ouvrage classique de Charles Estienne à utiliser les Grecs du roi. Plein veau du 19
e
s. (rouss.,
claires mouill. marg., certaines sur toute la longueur, dos refait sinon bonne condition).