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Batavia. in qua praeter gentis & insulae antiquitatem, originem, decora, mores, alique ad eam historiam pertinentia, declaratur quae fuerit vetus Batavia, quae Plinio, Tacito, & Ptolemaeo cognita; quae item genuina inclytae Francorum nationis fuerit sedes.Leiden, Officina Plantiniana (Franciscus van Raphelengen), 1588. 4to. With several woodcut illustrations printed between the text, Plantin's woodcut device on the title page, and some woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum.
Batavia. in qua praeter gentis & insulae antiquitatem, originem, decora, mores, alique ad eam historiam pertinentia, declaratur quae fuerit vetus Batavia, quae Plinio, Tacito, & Ptolemaeo cognita; quae item genuina inclytae Francorum nationis fuerit sedes.Leiden, Officina Plantiniana (Franciscus van Raphelengen), 1588. 4to. With several woodcut illustrations printed between the text, Plantin's woodcut device on the title page, and some woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum.
JUNIUS, Hadrianus. · 1511
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
[20], 411, [1 blank] pp.First edition, posthumously published, of Hadrianus Junius’ (1511-1575) principal work, a foundational study of the early history, topography, and antiquities of the Northern Netherlands. The text includes a notable chapter (XVI) on the intellect, studi...
De theologia libri quinque, nuper è Graeco sermone in Latinu, à Petro Mosellano protegense traducti.(Colophon: Basel, Johann Froben, 1523). Folio. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and final leaf, and 12 fine historiated woodcut initials. Later blind-tooled calf.
De theologia libri quinque, nuper è Graeco sermone in Latinu, à Petro Mosellano protegense traducti.(Colophon: Basel, Johann Froben, 1523). Folio. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and final leaf, and 12 fine historiated woodcut initials. Later blind-tooled calf.
GREGORY, Saint, of Nazianzus and Petrus MOSELLANUS (translator). · 1519
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
[46] ll.Third edition of Petrus Mosellanus's Latin translation of Gregory of Nazianzus's (ca. 329-390) five theological orations, first published in Leipzig in 1519. These sermons, delivered at Constantinople in 380, rank among Gregory's most important works and earned him the...
Vera Narratione de le Cose passate ne' Paesi Bassi Dopò la giunta del Ser.mo S.or Don Giovanni d'Austria luogotenente, Governatore, et Capitan generale del Rè Catholico in quelle parti. Con la Risolutione de gli obietti contenuti nel Discorso non vero, mandato in luce da gli Stati d'essi paesi, intorno à la rottura per loro fatta de la ultima Pace. Tradotto di Francese in lingua Italiana.Milano, Paolo Gottardo Pontio, 1578. 4to. With some woodcut initials. Contemporary calf, ribbed and gilt spine.
Vera Narratione de le Cose passate ne' Paesi Bassi Dopò la giunta del Ser.mo S.or Don Giovanni d'Austria luogotenente, Governatore, et Capitan generale del Rè Catholico in quelle parti. Con la Risolutione de gli obietti contenuti nel Discorso non vero, mandato in luce da gli Stati d'essi paesi, intorno à la rottura per loro fatta de la ultima Pace. Tradotto di Francese in lingua Italiana.Milano, Paolo Gottardo Pontio, 1578. 4to. With some woodcut initials. Contemporary calf, ribbed and gilt spine.
[GAMEREN, Hannard van, and Giuliano GOSELINI]. · 1547
€2,250.00 ($2,479.97 | £1,876.83 | ¥396,066)
[4], 181, [3 blank] pp.Rare Italian translation of the official Habsburg defence of Don John of Austria's (1547-1578) government in the Netherlands, published during the first years of the Dutch Revolt.This work presents the Habsburg response to the accusations levelled by Wil...
[Drop-title:] Relacion muy verdadera de dos presas y derrotas que en diferentes Aduares de la Berberia en los confines de Oran, tuuo el señor Marques de Floresdauila del Consejo de Guerra de su Magestad, y su Gouernador y Capitan general en aquellas partesMadrid, Juan Sanchez, [1637]. Folio (21 x 29.2 cm). With a woodcut decorated initial. Disbound.
[Drop-title:] Relacion muy verdadera de dos presas y derrotas que en diferentes Aduares de la Berberia en los confines de Oran, tuuo el señor Marques de Floresdauila del Consejo de Guerra de su Magestad, y su Gouernador y Capitan general en aquellas partesMadrid, Juan Sanchez, [1637]. Folio (21 x 29.2 cm). With a woodcut decorated initial. Disbound.
[SPANISH - RELACIONES]. · 1590
€1,950.00 ($2,149.30 | £1,626.58 | ¥343,257)
[7], [1 blank] pp.Interesting account in Spanish “of two captures and defeats that the Lord Marquis of Floresdavila, of His Majesty's Council of War, and his Governor and Captain General in those parts, had in different Berber villages on the borders of Oran”.The "Marquis of F...
L'art de faire des armes réduit a ses vrais principes. contenant tous les principes nécessaires à cet art, qui y sont expliqués d'une manière claire et intelligible....Vienna, Janne Schrämble, 1804. 4to. With an engraved portrait of the author on the verso of the first leaf, an engraved coat-of-arms of the Archduke of Austria, Charles Louis, to whom the work is dedicated, and 72 engraved plates, of which 1 coloured by a contemporary hand and 2 folding, depicting the various positions in fencing and sword-fighting. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt.
L'art de faire des armes réduit a ses vrais principes. contenant tous les principes nécessaires à cet art, qui y sont expliqués d'une manière claire et intelligible....Vienna, Janne Schrämble, 1804. 4to. With an engraved portrait of the author on the verso of the first leaf, an engraved coat-of-arms of the Archduke of Austria, Charles Louis, to whom the work is dedicated, and 72 engraved plates, of which 1 coloured by a contemporary hand and 2 folding, depicting the various positions in fencing and sword-fighting. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt.
SAINT MARTIN, Jean-Antoine de.
€2,500.00 ($2,755.52 | £2,085.36 | ¥440,073)
[8], XII, [2], 92, [6], 57 [1 blank] pp.First edition of this rare fencing manual by Jean-Antoine de Saint-Martin, one of the most interesting French treatises on both classical fencing and the use of the two-handed sword published during the Napoleonic era. Intended primarily...
Geografisch-toneel, of uitgezochte kaarten, tot gemak der officieren, reizzigers en liefhebbers; behelsende alle de generale kaarten van de waereld, met de bysondere, der plaatsen daar den oorlog in Europa gevoerd word, en de plans der forten … verrykt door de militaire bouwkunde, en door een korte manier om gemakkelyk de geographie te leeren en begrip van de waereldkloot te hebben.Amsterdam, Heirs of J. Ratelband & Comp., 1735. Upright oblong 8vo (20 x 8.5 cm). With a woodcut ornament on the title-page, 1 folding plate and 40 folding numbered engraved maps (ca. 18 x 26.5-42 cm), many of them surrounded with coat-of-arms, city plans and views, all coloured by hand, of all parts of the world. The plate and maps are all folded 3 or even 4 times to the upright oblong format of the atlas. Contemporary calf. Hand-written list of plates on the first fly-leaf, listing only 38 of the 40 maps.
Geografisch-toneel, of uitgezochte kaarten, tot gemak der officieren, reizzigers en liefhebbers; behelsende alle de generale kaarten van de waereld, met de bysondere, der plaatsen daar den oorlog in Europa gevoerd word, en de plans der forten … verrykt door de militaire bouwkunde, en door een korte manier om gemakkelyk de geographie te leeren en begrip van de waereldkloot te hebben.Amsterdam, Heirs of J. Ratelband & Comp., 1735. Upright oblong 8vo (20 x 8.5 cm). With a woodcut ornament on the title-page, 1 folding plate and 40 folding numbered engraved maps (ca. 18 x 26.5-42 cm), many of them surrounded with coat-of-arms, city plans and views, all coloured by hand, of all parts of the world. The plate and maps are all folded 3 or even 4 times to the upright oblong format of the atlas. Contemporary calf. Hand-written list of plates on the first fly-leaf, listing only 38 of the 40 maps.
[GEOGRAPHY]. · 1732
€3,750.00 ($4,133.28 | £3,128.04 | ¥660,110)
16 pp.Rare complete second edition of this highly interesting pocket atlas, intended for 18th-century travellers and military officers. The atlas opens with a finely engraved and contemporary hand-coloured folding plate illustrating military engineering, fortification design, ...
Arte militare terrestre, e maritima; secondo la ragione, et uso de piu valorosi capitani antichi, e moderni. gia descritta, e divisa in quattro libri.Venice, Seb. Combi, 1614. Folio. With woodcut printer's device on title, 2 double-page tables, and 23 double-page woodcut plates. Contemporary vellum.
Arte militare terrestre, e maritima; secondo la ragione, et uso de piu valorosi capitani antichi, e moderni. gia descritta, e divisa in quattro libri.Venice, Seb. Combi, 1614. Folio. With woodcut printer's device on title, 2 double-page tables, and 23 double-page woodcut plates. Contemporary vellum.
SAVORGNANO, Mario. · 1599
€2,000.00 ($2,204.41 | £1,668.29 | ¥352,058)
[20], 266 pp.Second edition, published by Cesare Campana after the author's death, of the most important of Italian text books on military science at the end of the 16th century, first published in 1599. Mario Savorgnano (1513-1574), in Venetian service, wrote the book for the...
Bando contro li salnitrari, è polveristi, è quelli che permettono, che nelle loro terre, castelli et altri luoghi si fabrichino salnitro e polvere &c.Rome, nella stamperia della reverenda Camera Apostolica, 27 January 1651. Ca. 38.5 x 26 cm. With three woodcut coats of arms at the head: those of the Apostolic Camera, Pope Innocent X, and Cardinal Lorenzo Raggi. Further with a decorated woodcut initial.
Bando contro li salnitrari, è polveristi, è quelli che permettono, che nelle loro terre, castelli et altri luoghi si fabrichino salnitro e polvere &c.Rome, nella stamperia della reverenda Camera Apostolica, 27 January 1651. Ca. 38.5 x 26 cm. With three woodcut coats of arms at the head: those of the Apostolic Camera, Pope Innocent X, and Cardinal Lorenzo Raggi. Further with a decorated woodcut initial.
[GUNPOWDER - PAPAL STATES]. · 1651
€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)
[1] l.Exceptionally rare Italian broadside against the unauthorised manufacture of saltpetre and gunpowder within the Papal States. Saltpetre, an essential ingredient of gunpowder, and gunpowder itself could only be manufactured and traded under the monopoly of the Apostolic C...
La nouvelle fortification.Leiden, (Bonaventura & Abraham) Elzevier, 1645. Folio. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece, engraved by Adriaen Matham, showing the title within a wreath at the centre and a fortified town in the lower part of the composition. The text contains 52 half-page engravings of mathematical and geometrical figures, as well as detailed illustrations of fortifications. 22 of these plates are repeated one to four times, resulting in a total of 94 illustrations. Contemporary brown morocco.
La nouvelle fortification.Leiden, (Bonaventura & Abraham) Elzevier, 1645. Folio. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece, engraved by Adriaen Matham, showing the title within a wreath at the centre and a fortified town in the lower part of the composition. The text contains 52 half-page engravings of mathematical and geometrical figures, as well as detailed illustrations of fortifications. 22 of these plates are repeated one to four times, resulting in a total of 94 illustrations. Contemporary brown morocco.
GOLDMAN, Nicolas. · 1611
€2,750.00 ($3,031.07 | £2,293.90 | ¥484,080)
[16], 224 pp.First edition of the French translation of this important treatise on the art of fortification by Nicolas Goldman (1611-1665), first published in Latin by the Elzevier press at Leiden in 1642 in 2 volumes.The work was appropriately dedicated to Frederick Henry (15...
Le parfait ingenieur François, ou la fortification offensive et défensive, contenant la construction, l'attaque & la défense des places régulieres & irrégulieres, selon les méthodes des plus habiles auteurs de l'Europe, qui ont écrit sur cette science. On y trouvera aussi des manieres de fortifier les places irrégulieres, plus facilement & beaucoup mieux, qu'on n'a fait jusqu'ici.Amsterdam, la Compagnie des Libraires, 1734. 4to. With an engraved architectural frontispiece by Le Pautre after Santer, the title page is printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, and 42 engraved plates with numerous illustrations on 41 folding engraved leaves. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
Le parfait ingenieur François, ou la fortification offensive et défensive, contenant la construction, l'attaque & la défense des places régulieres & irrégulieres, selon les méthodes des plus habiles auteurs de l'Europe, qui ont écrit sur cette science. On y trouvera aussi des manieres de fortifier les places irrégulieres, plus facilement & beaucoup mieux, qu'on n'a fait jusqu'ici.Amsterdam, la Compagnie des Libraires, 1734. 4to. With an engraved architectural frontispiece by Le Pautre after Santer, the title page is printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, and 42 engraved plates with numerous illustrations on 41 folding engraved leaves. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf.
[DEIDIER, L'abbé]. · 1696
€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)
[8], 346, [2] p.First edition of an extensive treatise on offensive and defensive fortification by the French Jesuit mathematician l'abbé Deidier (1696-1746). Intended as a practical manual for military engineers, it discusses the construction, attack, and defence of both regu...
[Collection of books and artworks relating to Corfu].1540-1891.
[Collection of books and artworks relating to Corfu].1540-1891.
CORFU COLLECTION. · 1565
€250,000.00 ($275,551.75 | £208,536.25 | ¥44,007,312)
Remarkable collection of books and artworks from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century relating to Corfu. The collection gives a comprehensive overview of the history, culture and society of the island, including its political and military history, government and law, litera...
Libro de la guerra de Ghotti ... in lingua Latine [e] fatto volgare da Lodovico Petroni Cavaliere Senese nuovamente stampato.(Colophon: Venice, Nicolo d'Aristotele detto Zoppino de Ferrara), 1528. 8vo. With an elaborate woodcut title border and a woodcut printer's device on the final page. Slightly later limp vellum.
Libro de la guerra de Ghotti ... in lingua Latine [e] fatto volgare da Lodovico Petroni Cavaliere Senese nuovamente stampato.(Colophon: Venice, Nicolo d'Aristotele detto Zoppino de Ferrara), 1528. 8vo. With an elaborate woodcut title border and a woodcut printer's device on the final page. Slightly later limp vellum.
BRUNI (ARETINO), Leonardo and Lodovico PETRONI (translator). · 1409
€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)
87, [1 blank] ll.First Venice edition of the Italian translation of Leonardo Bruni's De bello Italico adversus Gothos, an account of the Gothic War (535-554) between the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy and the Byzantine emperor Justinian. Originally written in Latin, it was trans...
Ephemerides sive Almanach perpetuu[m].(Colophon:) Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, for Johannes Lucilius Santritter, October 1498. 4to. With a woodcut title page and numerous tables. 20th-century limp vellum, sewn on 2 thin vellum straps laced through the joints, with the manuscript name of the (wrong) author and year of publication on the spine.
Ephemerides sive Almanach perpetuu[m].(Colophon:) Venice, Petrus Liechtenstein, for Johannes Lucilius Santritter, October 1498. 4to. With a woodcut title page and numerous tables. 20th-century limp vellum, sewn on 2 thin vellum straps laced through the joints, with the manuscript name of the (wrong) author and year of publication on the spine.
[ZACUTO, Abraham Ben Samuel]. · 1473
€90,000.00 ($99,198.63 | £75,073.05 | ¥15,842,632)
[122] ll.Highly important 15th-century work on navigation, which helped sailors navigate more accurately. According to Gunn, the work "immediately helped to revolutionize ocean navigation. Prior to the Almanach, navigators seeking to determine their position in the high seas h...
Delle guerre fatte tra popoli della Morea, et gli Atheniesi, nuovamente dal Greco idioma, nella lingua Thoscana, con ogni diligenza tradotto, per Francesco di Soldo Strozzi Fiorentino. L'annotatione, & dichiaratione di tutti i luoghi difficili, con la tavola copiosissima di tutte le guerre, le paci, gli accordi, le triegue, le leghe, le battaglie navali, le giornate, le citta prese, i por tenti accaduti, i pronostichi fatti, i luoghi spianati, arsi, & distrutti, che nell'historia si contengono: posti tutti per ordine dell'alphabeto.[Venice], Laocoonte, [1550]. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device depicting the Laocoön Group on the title page and final leaf, and several historiated woodcut initials in the text. Contemporary Italian gold-tooled brown morocco.
Delle guerre fatte tra popoli della Morea, et gli Atheniesi, nuovamente dal Greco idioma, nella lingua Thoscana, con ogni diligenza tradotto, per Francesco di Soldo Strozzi Fiorentino. L'annotatione, & dichiaratione di tutti i luoghi difficili, con la tavola copiosissima di tutte le guerre, le paci, gli accordi, le triegue, le leghe, le battaglie navali, le giornate, le citta prese, i por tenti accaduti, i pronostichi fatti, i luoghi spianati, arsi, & distrutti, che nell'historia si contengono: posti tutti per ordine dell'alphabeto.[Venice], Laocoonte, [1550]. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device depicting the Laocoön Group on the title page and final leaf, and several historiated woodcut initials in the text. Contemporary Italian gold-tooled brown morocco.
THUCYDIDES and Francesco di Soldo STROZZI (translator). · 1545
€4,000.00 ($4,408.83 | £3,336.58 | ¥704,117)
[12], 440 ll.First Italian translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, one of the earliest scholarly works of history produced in the Western world. Unlike its predecessors, it not only recorded the events of the war year by year in chronological order, but al...
[Epigrammata]. Nova editio.Leiden, Johannes Maire, 1619. 3 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. With the woodcut printer's device of Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii on the title pages of ad 1 and 2, and the woodcut device of Maire on the title page of ad 3. With: (2) Petrus SCRIVERIUS. Animadversiones in Martialem. Opus invenile, & nunc primum ex intervallo quindecim annorum repetitum. Leiden, Johannes Maire, 1618.(3) Justus LIPSIUS, Janus RUTGERSIUS, Johannes Isacus PONTANUS (Janus GRUTERUS, Josephus Justus SCALIGER, and others). Notae in Martialem. Ad Petrum Scriverium.Leiden, Johannes Maire, 1619. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum.
[Epigrammata]. Nova editio.Leiden, Johannes Maire, 1619. 3 parts in 1 volume. 12mo. With the woodcut printer's device of Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii on the title pages of ad 1 and 2, and the woodcut device of Maire on the title page of ad 3. With: (2) Petrus SCRIVERIUS. Animadversiones in Martialem. Opus invenile, & nunc primum ex intervallo quindecim annorum repetitum. Leiden, Johannes Maire, 1618.(3) Justus LIPSIUS, Janus RUTGERSIUS, Johannes Isacus PONTANUS (Janus GRUTERUS, Josephus Justus SCALIGER, and others). Notae in Martialem. Ad Petrum Scriverium.Leiden, Johannes Maire, 1619. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum.
MARTIALIS, Marcus Valerius and Petrus SCRIVERIUS (editor). · 1619
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
[8], 16, 312; 283, [1 blank]; 24, 280 pp.Rare first edition of the text of De spectaculis and the famous epigrams of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis as edited by the Dutch philologist Petrus Scriverius. Martial, who lived in the first century (ca. 38 - 103 CE), brough...
Epistolarum ad Titum Pomponium Atticum Lib. XVI. M. Brutum Lib. I. Quintu[m] Fratrem Lib. III. Praeterea Titii Pomponij Attici Vita. Et Interpretatio Graecorum.Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe 1536. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, and a variant of the device on the verso of the last leaf, and several decorated woodcut initials with cherubs. Contemporary overlapping vellum, sewn on 4 vellum tapes laced through the joints, the manuscript title on the spine, red edges.
Epistolarum ad Titum Pomponium Atticum Lib. XVI. M. Brutum Lib. I. Quintu[m] Fratrem Lib. III. Praeterea Titii Pomponij Attici Vita. Et Interpretatio Graecorum.Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe 1536. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, and a variant of the device on the verso of the last leaf, and several decorated woodcut initials with cherubs. Contemporary overlapping vellum, sewn on 4 vellum tapes laced through the joints, the manuscript title on the spine, red edges.
CICERO, Marcus Tullius. · 1513
€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)
[28], 643, [1] pp.First Gryphe edition of Cicero's letters, based on the edition published by Aldus Manutius in Venice in 1513 and retaining Aldus's original preface. The text is accompanied by the commentary of Erasmus and other humanist scholars, and is finely printed in a s...
Quae extant opera.Leiden, ex officina Plantiniana, Franciscus II Raphelengius, 1609. 12mo. With the woodcut printer's device of the Officina Plantiniana on the title page. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
Quae extant opera.Leiden, ex officina Plantiniana, Franciscus II Raphelengius, 1609. 12mo. With the woodcut printer's device of the Officina Plantiniana on the title page. Contemporary overlapping vellum.
SENECA, Lucius Annaeus the Younger & Lucius Annaeus SENECA the Elder.
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
980, [4 blank] pp.Extremely rare Plantin edition of the collected prose works of Seneca the Younger and his father Seneca the Elder, issued as part of the Officina Plantiniana's series of compact classical texts intended for students and scholars. Published without commentary,...
Oraculos de las doce Sibilas. profetisas. de Christo nostro Señor entre los gentiles...Cuenca, Domingo de la Iglesia, 1621. 4to. With an engraved title-page, 12 full-page woodcuts (on integral leaves), each text page in a frame of thin rules, the text opens with a woodcut decorated initial. Contemporary limp vellum, remnants of ties.
Oraculos de las doce Sibilas. profetisas. de Christo nostro Señor entre los gentiles...Cuenca, Domingo de la Iglesia, 1621. 4to. With an engraved title-page, 12 full-page woodcuts (on integral leaves), each text page in a frame of thin rules, the text opens with a woodcut decorated initial. Contemporary limp vellum, remnants of ties.
PORRENO, Balthasar. · 1569
€5,000.00 ($5,511.04 | £4,170.72 | ¥880,146)
Engraved title-page plus [6], 72 ll.First edition of a curious Spanish work on the oracles and prophesies of the Sibyls, interpreted in a Christian direction and sense. The author explains every prophesy, announcing the coming of Christ and the foundation of the Catholic churc...
[Watercolour of a wallflower and a double hyacinth, with inchworm moths, larvae and pupae].[Amsterdam, ca. 1700]. Watercolour drawing (38 x 29 cm) on extremely fine white parchment, said to be uterine lamb, showing a wallflower and a double hyacinth with two inchworm moths in the air (2 different species) and two inchworms and two pupae on the leaves and flowers. Framed.
[Watercolour of a wallflower and a double hyacinth, with inchworm moths, larvae and pupae].[Amsterdam, ca. 1700]. Watercolour drawing (38 x 29 cm) on extremely fine white parchment, said to be uterine lamb, showing a wallflower and a double hyacinth with two inchworm moths in the air (2 different species) and two inchworms and two pupae on the leaves and flowers. Framed.
HEROLT, Johanna Helena. · 1668
€68,500.00 ($75,501.18 | £57,138.93 | ¥12,058,004)
Characteristic original watercolour botanical drawing by Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1728), the eldest daughter of Maria Sibylla Merian and Johann Andreas Graff. It shows a wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri) and double hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) with two inchworm moths (Geo...
De i fatti del Magno Alessandro re di Macedonia. Nuovamente di Greco tradotto in Italiano per Pietro Lauro Modonese.Venice, (colophon: Michele Tramezzino), 1544. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and final leaf. 18th-century vellum with a paper title label on the spine.
De i fatti del Magno Alessandro re di Macedonia. Nuovamente di Greco tradotto in Italiano per Pietro Lauro Modonese.Venice, (colophon: Michele Tramezzino), 1544. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and final leaf. 18th-century vellum with a paper title label on the spine.
ARRIANUS, Flavius and Pietro LAURO (translator). · 1510
€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)
[8], 178, [2] ll.First Italian translation of the Anabasis of Alexander, widely regarded as "the most complete and trustworthy account of Alexander that we possess" (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Flavius Arrianus (or Arrian, ca. 95-ca. 180 CE), a Greek historian, philosopher, and...