(Antiquité & Militaria) - APPIANUS Alexandrinus.- Ртџсакат [...]. Romanarum historiarum, Celtica, Libyca, vel Carthaginensis, Illyrica, Syriaca, Parthica, Mithridatica, civilis, quinque libris distincta. Ex bibliotheca regia. Luteatiae...
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1.000 / 1.200
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1.100 €
Description
[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). 19th 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).
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), 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, British Conservative member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art (emblazoned ex-libris). fl 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 19e s. (rouss., claires mouill. marg., certaines sur toute la longueur, dos refait sinon bonne condition).
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), 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, British Conservative member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art (emblazoned ex-libris). fl 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 19e s. (rouss., claires mouill. marg., certaines sur toute la longueur, dos refait sinon bonne condition).
