LIVIUS, Titus.- [Historiae romanae decades]. (Impressum Venetiis, s.n., 1491. die.v. novembris regnante inclyto domino Augustino Barbadico dux Venetiarum). In-f° : [23 with 2 blank lvs incl.]-2/166-clxvii/ccxxxii lvs (some blank lvs but copy...
Estimation :
700 / 800
Description
complete, dampstains, some larger in the end, marginal wormholes in the beginning ang larger in the end, foxing, stains, corrections in some running titles, errors in foliotation). Contemporary binding : parchment, ribbed spine with title with pen (small wormholes and stains, handwritten notes on the flyleaves).
First edition of the first four decades edited by the Italian historian Marco Antonio Coccio Sabellico (1436-1506). The bibliographies mention various publishers : for Goff and Polain, it is Matteo Capcasa, for Hain it is Bernardinus Herasmius and for USTC and GW it is Giovanni Rosso di Vercelli. BMC and Hain mention a 1493-edition under the name of Rosso di Vercelli which might confirm the hypothesis of USTC but in his dedication to Benedetto Cornario, Sabelicco writes he published this work under the request of Bernardinus Herasmius. Unfortunately nothing is known about this Venitian publisher. The "Historia romanum" is preceded by the commentaries on each book by Sabellico and by the "Epitoma decadum quattuordecim [...]. Historici [...]" of the Roman historian Lucius Annaeus Florus (74-130). Copy amply annotated in the margins by several hands consisting in keywords and philological remarks. # Polain 4529; # Hain 10137; # Goff L-245; # Stillwell L-217; # USTC 993538; # GW M 18491; # BMC V-414 (ed. 1493). ▲ Provenance : Robert de Billy (1869-1953), French ambassador and friend of Marcel Proust (emblazoned ex-libris). T Édition originale des 4 premières décades de Tite-Live données par l'historien Sabellico. Ex. amplement annoté dans les marges. Plein parchemin de l'ép. (mouill., galeries de vers marg. et dans la rel.).
First edition of the first four decades edited by the Italian historian Marco Antonio Coccio Sabellico (1436-1506). The bibliographies mention various publishers : for Goff and Polain, it is Matteo Capcasa, for Hain it is Bernardinus Herasmius and for USTC and GW it is Giovanni Rosso di Vercelli. BMC and Hain mention a 1493-edition under the name of Rosso di Vercelli which might confirm the hypothesis of USTC but in his dedication to Benedetto Cornario, Sabelicco writes he published this work under the request of Bernardinus Herasmius. Unfortunately nothing is known about this Venitian publisher. The "Historia romanum" is preceded by the commentaries on each book by Sabellico and by the "Epitoma decadum quattuordecim [...]. Historici [...]" of the Roman historian Lucius Annaeus Florus (74-130). Copy amply annotated in the margins by several hands consisting in keywords and philological remarks. # Polain 4529; # Hain 10137; # Goff L-245; # Stillwell L-217; # USTC 993538; # GW M 18491; # BMC V-414 (ed. 1493). ▲ Provenance : Robert de Billy (1869-1953), French ambassador and friend of Marcel Proust (emblazoned ex-libris). T Édition originale des 4 premières décades de Tite-Live données par l'historien Sabellico. Ex. amplement annoté dans les marges. Plein parchemin de l'ép. (mouill., galeries de vers marg. et dans la rel.).
