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Plinius Secundus, Caius.

Plinii Secundi Novocomensis, De viris illustribus in Re militari, & administranda Rep. Suetonoii Tranquilli De claris Grammaticis, & Rhetoribus. Iluii Obsequentis Prodigioru(m) Liber. (On the last leaf:) Strasbourg, Ulrich Morhard, 1521. Cl.-4°. 35 rom. foliated leaves, 2 unnum. Index (without the last white leaf). With a beautiful woodcut title border and four large woodcut initials. Title printed in red and black. Modern half vellum binding. VD16 P-3518, not in Adams. Second edition published by Beatus Rhenanus (first Strasbourg, Schürer, 1514). The work is attributed to Pliny and combines anecdotal biographies from Roman history. Today, Sixtus Aurelius Victor is considered to be the author. The beautiful title border shows putti playing jesters: some of them are equipped with jester's caps, bells and sticks, many putti are jumping through hoops. The copy described in VD16 has "XXVX" as the last foliation; in our copy this has been corrected to "XXXV" in the print. Our copy differs from the Munich print in other details. Spotting throughout, but only very insignificant. Some underlining and marginalia. Long ownership entry by Baron Per Hierta, Främmestad, dated 1895 on the flyleaf of the flyleaf.

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Plinius Secundus, Caius.

Estimate 400 - 600 EUR
Starting price 400 EUR

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pforzheim, Germany
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