Description
Titus Livy. Deche di Tito Livio vulgare historiate. Venice, Lucantonio Giunta and Giovanni Rosso, 11.02.1493. In 2nd (315 x 215 mm); [382] folios, text in two columns on 63 lines, 3 large woodcut borders at the beginning of each Deca, the text profusely illustrated with 420 woodcut vignettes, letterpress stamp printed in red at end of volume (skillful restoration to upper margin of last few folios, touching some syllables and/or words of text in last two folios, with skillful reconstruction, restored tear to paper d1, paper N5 missing a blank corner, with reinforcement). Coeval leather binding on wooden boards with rich embossed decoration to plates, two clasps (delicate antique restoration, spine renewed in style). First illustrated incunabula edition, in Italian. Parts of the borders and various vignettes were previously used for Malermi's famous 1490 bible.
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Titus Livy. Deche di Tito Livio vulgare historiate. Venice, Lucantonio Giunta and Giovanni Rosso, 11.02.1493. In 2nd (315 x 215 mm); [382] folios, text in two columns on 63 lines, 3 large woodcut borders at the beginning of each Deca, the text profusely illustrated with 420 woodcut vignettes, letterpress stamp printed in red at end of volume (skillful restoration to upper margin of last few folios, touching some syllables and/or words of text in last two folios, with skillful reconstruction, restored tear to paper d1, paper N5 missing a blank corner, with reinforcement). Coeval leather binding on wooden boards with rich embossed decoration to plates, two clasps (delicate antique restoration, spine renewed in style). First illustrated incunabula edition, in Italian. Parts of the borders and various vignettes were previously used for Malermi's famous 1490 bible.
