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COLUMNA, Guido de (c.1210-after 1280). Historia destructionis Troiae. [Louvain: Johannes de Westfalia, c.1481-83].
A rare edition of Guido de Columna’s famous work on the fall of Troy. From its composition in the 13th century into the Renaissance, it remained one of the main sources for the history of Troy. Its popularity is attested by the 28 editions in 7 languages produced in the first 50 years of printing. ISTC suggests a date for this edition of 1481-1483 based on paper evidence, with some bibliographers suggesting publication dates ranging from 1476-1496. RBH/ABPC show no copies of this edition appearing at auction. HC(Add) *5502 = HC 5504; GW 7228; BMC IX 153; Bod-inc C-394; BSB-Ink G-432; ISTC ic00771000; Goff C-771.
Chancery quarto (205 x 140mm). 178 (of 180 leaves, lacking both blanks). (Two corners repaired, a few faint stains, gently washed.) 19th-century straight-grained morocco, decorated in blind and gilt (upper board detached, lower starting). Provenance: traces of early marginal annotations – M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Library; inscription and short note on endpaper. Bookplate of Rugby School Library.
A rare edition of Guido de Columna’s famous work on the fall of Troy. From its composition in the 13th century into the Renaissance, it remained one of the main sources for the history of Troy. Its popularity is attested by the 28 editions in 7 languages produced in the first 50 years of printing. ISTC suggests a date for this edition of 1481-1483 based on paper evidence, with some bibliographers suggesting publication dates ranging from 1476-1496. RBH/ABPC show no copies of this edition appearing at auction. HC(Add) *5502 = HC 5504; GW 7228; BMC IX 153; Bod-inc C-394; BSB-Ink G-432; ISTC ic00771000; Goff C-771.
Chancery quarto (205 x 140mm). 178 (of 180 leaves, lacking both blanks). (Two corners repaired, a few faint stains, gently washed.) 19th-century straight-grained morocco, decorated in blind and gilt (upper board detached, lower starting). Provenance: traces of early marginal annotations – M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Library; inscription and short note on endpaper. Bookplate of Rugby School Library.
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