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VALERIUS MAXIMUS (fl. 30 CE). Valerio Maximo vulgare. Venice: Albertino da Lissona Vercellense, 6 November 1504.
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VALERIUS MAXIMUS (fl. 30 CE). Valerio Maximo vulgare. Venice: Albertino da Lissona Vercellense, 6 November 1504.
The Consul Smith copy of the rare first Italian edition of Valerius Maximus. A classic of Silver-age Latin, this anthology of classical quotations enjoyed wide popularity into the Renaissance—and may have been one of the sources for Shakespeare’s plays. Here, the text is made available in vernacular Italian for the first time. RBH and ABPC record only one other copy sold at auction. EDIT16 24240; Essling I, 212; Schweiger III 1114; USTC 861758; see Brunet V 1052.
Folio (304 x 207mm). First text page with woodcut border and tailpiece, woodcut initials (some staining, a few wormholes). 18th-century vellum with morocco label. Provenance: early annotations and pen trials – Joseph Smith (1682-1770, British consul at Venice; armorial bookplate) – library of the Dukes of Arenberg (inventory label on spine).
The Consul Smith copy of the rare first Italian edition of Valerius Maximus. A classic of Silver-age Latin, this anthology of classical quotations enjoyed wide popularity into the Renaissance—and may have been one of the sources for Shakespeare’s plays. Here, the text is made available in vernacular Italian for the first time. RBH and ABPC record only one other copy sold at auction. EDIT16 24240; Essling I, 212; Schweiger III 1114; USTC 861758; see Brunet V 1052.
Folio (304 x 207mm). First text page with woodcut border and tailpiece, woodcut initials (some staining, a few wormholes). 18th-century vellum with morocco label. Provenance: early annotations and pen trials – Joseph Smith (1682-1770, British consul at Venice; armorial bookplate) – library of the Dukes of Arenberg (inventory label on spine).