[Comte D. BOUTOURLINE]

APPIEN OF ALEXANDRIA (95-c. 165) "Roman history Title in Latin on title page "Romanarum historiarum: De bellis Punicis liber, De bellis Syriacis liber, De bellis Parthicis liber, De bellis Mithridaticis liber, De bellis ciuilibus libri v, De bellis Gallicis liber, seu potius, epitome. Basileae: Per Hier. Frobenium, et Nic. Episcopium, an. MDLIIII [1554]." Printer's mark "Froben" on title page and colophon, dated 1553 in title and 1554 in colophon. Copy with a corner binding and complete with the in-fine plate with Froben's large engraved vignette, and very fine engraved lettrines. A folio-sized volume (34x22 cm). Provenance Library of the general and writer Count Dmitri Petrovich Boutourline (1790-1849). He was also director of the Imperial Library in St. Petersburg. History Count Boutourlin had 2 libraries. The 1st, to which he devoted 30 years, was burned in 1812 during the Moscow fire. It contained 4,003 printed works and 24 mss. Retired to Florence, this bibliophile managed to build up a second library, which became one of the most famous in Europe. It contained 7,678 items, including 250 mss., nearly 1,000 15th-century editions and almost all of Savanarola's opuscules. There are two catalogues: that of 1805 and the catalogue of the library of the late Count Boutourlin, whose sale will take place on Monday November 16, 1840: Paris, Silvestre, 1839, 3 vols. in-8, corresponding to the second biblio. he set up in Florence. This copy is certainly present in this catalog. His armorial bookplate bears his reference no. 1189. Further reference: Catalogue des livres de S.E.M. le comte de Boutourlin revu par MM. Ant. Alex. Barbier, librarian of the Conseil d'Etat.