Live auction - Lot 1101
[Antiquity]
Breviarium historiae romanae ab urbe condita ad annum eiusdem urbis M.C.IX [...]. Eliae Vineti Santonis in idem breviarium castigationes seu commentarius. Pauli Diaconi De gestis romanorum libri octo ad Eutropii historiam additi [...].
Paris, H. de Marnef, 1564
Hammer price: €
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Lot description
16mo: 259-[37] pp. (marg. ink stain on pp. 9-10, some ms. marginalia and underlinings).
Contemp. vellum with visible sewing, flat spine.
History of Rome from its foundation until the end of Jovius' reign in 364, edited by the French philologist and historian Élie Vinet (1509-1587). Followed with "De gestis romanorum", continuation of Eutropius' work by Paulus Diaconus (720?-799?) until the middle of the reign of Justinianus in 553. Woodcut mark of Marnef on title.
Ref. Pettegree (FB) 70122. - STC French 159. - Not in Adams.