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TACITUS, Publius Cornelius

Opere [...] con la traduzione in volgar fiorentino del sig. Bernardo Davanzati [...].

Florence, P. Nesti, 1637

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Folio: [52]-465-[11] pp. (sm. holes in text of pp. 141-144, some pp. sl. browned, foxing, margin of half title renewed, staining and ms. note on half title).

19th-c. vellum, spine with raised bands with red morocco label, yellow edges (sm. wormtracks to lower cover).

First edition of this translation, except of the "Annals" previously published, and first complete edition of Tacitus' works translated by B. Davanzati. Parallel edition with Latin and Italian texts. The magistrate and agronomist B. Davanzati (1529-1606) was a major translator of Tacitus. He wanted to prove with this translation the concision of Italian language, compared to French and Latin. He was a member of the "Accademia degli Alterati" under the nickname "Il Silente".
Ref. STC Italian 17th c., 886. - Brunet V:639. - Biogr. univ. X:175/176.

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Lot 813

Opere [...] con la traduzione in volgar fiorentino del sig. Bernardo Davanzati [...].

TACITUS, Publius Cornelius

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