Antiquitatum sive Originum Romanarum libri decem, Sigismundo Gelenio interprete. Adiecimus undecimum ex versione Lapi [...].

16mo: 854-[66] pp. (toned, some dampst. and minor soiling).

Contemp. overl. limp vellum, flat spine, remains of ties (endpapers lifted, sm. def. at top edge of front cover).

Rare Lyon ed. of the "Roman Antiquities" of the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1st c. BC) in the Latin version by the German humanist Sigismund Gelenius (1497-1554), a corrector at the Froben Press and occasional collaborator of Erasmus. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. Baudrier V:254. - Cp. Adams D-632 (Vincent issue).
Prov. Old ownership entries on title (deleted) and front flyleaf. - Library stamps.