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56 - Roman emperors & their rivals.- Scriptores historiae Augustae, [edited by Bonus Accursius], part 2 only (of 3), collation: [A6 B-R8 S10], 143 ff. (of 144, lacking final blank), 40 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, first f. of text with gilt initial 'O' with white vine stem decoration on a coloured ground, and an unidentified coat of arms in various colours at foot with the initials 'ZA AN' in gilt on either side (little trimmed at foot), ruled in red throughout at a later date, signature-marks cropped, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, 18th century green crushed morocco gilt (a bookseller's description mounted on front pastedown suggests it is by Derome), spine darkened, stained, rubbed, g.e., small folio (298 x 218mm.), [Milan], [Philippus de Lavagnia], 22 December, 1475.
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Roman emperors & their rivals.- Scriptores historiae Augustae, [edited by Bonus Accursius], part 2 only (of 3), collation: [A6 B-R8 S10], 143 ff. (of 144, lacking final blank), 40 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, first f. of text with gilt initial 'O' with white vine stem decoration on a coloured ground, and an unidentified coat of arms in various colours at foot with the initials 'ZA AN' in gilt on either side (little trimmed at foot), ruled in red throughout at a later date, signature-marks cropped, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, 18th century green crushed morocco gilt (a bookseller's description mounted on front pastedown suggests it is by Derome), spine darkened, stained, rubbed, g.e., small folio (298 x 218mm.), [Milan], [Philippus de Lavagnia], 22 December, 1475. *** The handsomely printed editio princeps of the second part of the Historia Augusta; a chronological compilation of historical biographies. Here we have the lives of the emperors and rival claimants for the turbulent years of 117 to 284; from Hadrian to Diocletian. Provenance: 'Collated & Perfect, Sept 27/[18]64, WHH' (pencil note to rear free endpaper); 'Lord Monson' (small typed paper label to foot of rear free endpaper). Literature: BMC VI, 702; Goff S-340; HC 14561*; GW M44203; Bod-inc S-117; BSB-Ink S-229; ISTC is00340000.
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