Dat is/ de Roemsche historie of Gesten/ [...] waer wt niet alleene alle weereltlike staten tot vromicheyt en[de] ridderlike manlike feyte[n] beweget en[de] gedwonge[n]/ maer oock alle andere staten tot grooter recreatien en[de]) ghenuechten des herte[n] ghetrocken sullen worden/ nu eerstmael in onser Nederlantscher spraken ghedruckt.

Folio: [14]-CCCCCLXVII ff. (lacking final blank; sm. marg. repairs on title and last f., some other sm. marg. rep., cut a bit short at top occ. touching the running title (esp. towards the end) with some loss, sm. tear in f. CCCCXCIII reaching text, staining at lower margin, some worming in last quires (lower & inner margins strengthened).

17th-18th-c. calf, spine on 7 raised bands (rebacked, exp. repaired). Good copy.

The 1st Dutch translation of Livy, a monument of Dutch vernacular Renaissance printing. Title within border of 4 large woodcuts, over 300 large illustrations in text (some repeats). Very large Roman and grotesque initials. Some tail pieces showing the device of the Cologne printer Eucharius Cervicornus. Gothic type. Ref. BT 1958. - Machiels L-404. - Pettegree NB 19427. - Vanden Branden (Gymnicus) 7. - Geerebaert CXV.1. - STC Dutch (BL) 123. - Not in Adams. Prov. Cont. marg. ink notes on index. - Ownership entry on title. - 18th-c. ms. poem on love on flyleaf "Wat is des minnaers leven door anders als ghedeurygh oorlogh ...", 6 October 1742.