![243Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae decades, rare edition at auction, Venice, [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 5 November, 1491.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/dbc1903c-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/010bf759-5f91-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "243Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae decades, rare edition at auction, Venice, [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 5 November, 1491.")
Lot 243
Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae decades, rare edition at auction, Venice, [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 5 November, 1491.
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae decades, edited by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus, collation: [*]6 a10 b6 c10 d-n8 aa-ii8 kk ll6 A-G8 H10, 256 ff. (of 262, lacking sig. [*6], the first of which blank), a1 and n8 blank, 59 lines and headline, Roman type, initial spaces (the first supplied in later ink), some mostly marginal water-staining, spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, modern vellum, yapp edges, red morocco label to spine, folio (327 x 215mm.), Venice, [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 5 November, 1491.
⁂ A wide-margined copy of this rare edition at auction of Livy's Roman history. Matteo Capcasa has also been suggested as the printer, but although the types are indistinguishable the layout suggests Rubeus rather than Capcasa (Sheppard 4119).
Provenance: later Dominican ink inscription to upper margin of a2.
Literature: Goff L-245; H 10137; GW M18491; Bod-inc L-123; BSB-Ink L-193; ISTC il00245000.
Description
Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae decades, edited by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus, collation: [*]6 a10 b6 c10 d-n8 aa-ii8 kk ll6 A-G8 H10, 256 ff. (of 262, lacking sig. [*6], the first of which blank), a1 and n8 blank, 59 lines and headline, Roman type, initial spaces (the first supplied in later ink), some mostly marginal water-staining, spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, modern vellum, yapp edges, red morocco label to spine, folio (327 x 215mm.), Venice, [Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis], 5 November, 1491.
⁂ A wide-margined copy of this rare edition at auction of Livy's Roman history. Matteo Capcasa has also been suggested as the printer, but although the types are indistinguishable the layout suggests Rubeus rather than Capcasa (Sheppard 4119).
Provenance: later Dominican ink inscription to upper margin of a2.
Literature: Goff L-245; H 10137; GW M18491; Bod-inc L-123; BSB-Ink L-193; ISTC il00245000.
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