(Auteur de l'Antiquité) - LIVIUS, Titus.- Ex XIIII. T. Livii decadibus prima, tertia, quarta [...]. Duplex epitome, quarum altera per singulos XIIII decadum libros summatim explicantur [...]. Polybii libri V de rebus romanis in latinum traducti à...
Estimation :
800 / 1.000
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
Nicolao Perotto [...]. Venetiis, (in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, mense octobri [- novembri] 1520 [mense januario [- februario] 1521]). 4 parts in 1 vol. in-f° : [14]-106, [10]-102, [10]-127, 71 lvs (margins of title-page, first 4 lvs and last lf. repaired, marginal dampstains throughout, some large, with tears or with mould, some stains or foxing, rare handwritten notes in the margins of 4th decade, handwritten provenance on title-page). Contemporary binding : calf, boards encircled with a blind fillet and angular fleurons, blind decorated ribbed spine (spine and joints renewed, corners and one edge repaired, joints partly and slightly rubbed, small stains and wormholes, scratches, flyleaves renewed).
First in-folio Aldine edition of the first, third and fourth decades of Livius, an in-8° edition was published in 1518, edited by the poet Navagero (1483-1529). Followed by two epitomes of Livius' work : one of the 140 books and one in four books by the historian Lucius Annaeus Florus (74-130). With afterwards, the first five books of Polybius, one of the sources compiled by Livius, translated in Latin from the Greek by the humanist Niccolò Perrotti (1429-1480). Copy in neat typography with each part preceded by a title-page with the Aldine mark (anchor and dolphin), another one at the end of Florus' epitome, and by indexes (except for Polybius). # Renouard 89-90; # Adams L-1323; # STC Italy 390; # not in Machiels, Soltész, USTC, Mortimer. fl Première édition in-f° des décades I, III et IV de Tite-Live publiée par les Aldes, suivi par deux résumés (dont celui de Florus en 4 livres) et des 5 premiers livres de Polybe. Plein veau de l'ép. (marges du titre, des 4 prem. ff. et du dernier f. restaurés, mouill. marg. passim, dos et mors refaits, coins et une coupe restaurés).
First in-folio Aldine edition of the first, third and fourth decades of Livius, an in-8° edition was published in 1518, edited by the poet Navagero (1483-1529). Followed by two epitomes of Livius' work : one of the 140 books and one in four books by the historian Lucius Annaeus Florus (74-130). With afterwards, the first five books of Polybius, one of the sources compiled by Livius, translated in Latin from the Greek by the humanist Niccolò Perrotti (1429-1480). Copy in neat typography with each part preceded by a title-page with the Aldine mark (anchor and dolphin), another one at the end of Florus' epitome, and by indexes (except for Polybius). # Renouard 89-90; # Adams L-1323; # STC Italy 390; # not in Machiels, Soltész, USTC, Mortimer. fl Première édition in-f° des décades I, III et IV de Tite-Live publiée par les Aldes, suivi par deux résumés (dont celui de Florus en 4 livres) et des 5 premiers livres de Polybe. Plein veau de l'ép. (marges du titre, des 4 prem. ff. et du dernier f. restaurés, mouill. marg. passim, dos et mors refaits, coins et une coupe restaurés).
