PLUTARCHUS (ca. 46-ca. 120). De claris mulieribus. Translated by Alamanus Rinucinus. - Pseudo-PLUTARCHUS. Parallela minora. Translated by Guarinus Veronensis. [Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, about 1498-1500].

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PLUTARCHUS (ca. 46-ca. 120). De claris mulieribus. Translated by Alamanus Rinucinus. - Pseudo-PLUTARCHUS. Parallela minora. Translated by Guarinus Veronensis. [Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, about 1498-1500].

Chancery 4o (188 x 132 mm). Collation: a-i4 (a1r title, a1v table, a2r De claris mulieribus, g2r Parallela, i4v blank). 36 leaves. 30 lines, table in double column. Type: 3:111R. Woodcut capitals incorporating floral designs on a2r and g2r. 2- and 3-line capitals with printed guide letters. (Edges trimmed askew, last seven leaves dampstained, last leaf wormed at gutter). Modern library leatherette.
Provenance: 18th-century note on i1r.

This edition reprints the 1485 Brescia edition of Boninus de Boninis.

HR 13142; BMC V, 550 (IA. 24339); IGI 7911; Pr 5531; Goff P-820.

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