Historiae Romanae decades [Italian], modern half calf

by Titus Livius



Venice: Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, for Lucantonio Giunta, February  11, 1493



folio: 9 by 13 1/4"   (328 x 216mm.)

347 leaves (=694 pp)

double column, 63 lines plus headline, roman type, woodcut initials, first leaf of each decade with a woodcut illustration within an architectural woodcut border,
numerous other woodcut illustrations,

modern half leather over speckled paper boards, retaining old lettering-piece on spine,

lacking the table) and N8-P8 (Bruni's history of the Punic War),

first three leaves repaired

minor occasional staining



This edition contains the first, third and fourth decades of Livy's history of Rome.

The text of Livy and the illustrations for it are complete.

Text in Italian



PROVENANCE:

Caietanus de Neronis (Gaetano Neroni),  January 19, 1736, inscription at head of aa8;

Libreria Zumbo, Florence, purchased in 1972

Sotheby's, Milan

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