Lot 3
Laetus (Julius Pomponius) Romanae historiae compendiumab interitu Gordiani Iunioris usque ad Iusti num. III, Venice, Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, 23 April, 1499.
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Laetus (Julius Pomponius) Romanae historiae compendiumab interitu Gordiani Iunioris usque ad Iusti num. III, collation: a-p4, 60 ff., 28 lines, Roman type, woodcut vine initials, a few ff. with early ink marginalia, manicules or lines marked, upper corners water-stained, occasional spotting or light marking, 19th century polished calf, gilt, small 20th century label to lower inner corner of upper cover, small piece missing from head of spine, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., 4to (201 x 148mm.), Venice, Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, 23 April, 1499.
*** First edition of this Roman History, which also includes a life of the author by Marcantonio Sabellico. The Italian humanist Laetus ran a notorious academy at Rome, which often came under the scrutiny of the Papal authorities. Charges brought against him personally or his academicians included sodomy, paganism, heresy and conspiracy against the Pope.
Provenance: 'Cat. Bought May 1903, H.J.F. ' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); Wigan Public Library (large bookplate to front pastedown and blind-stamp to first two and the last ff.).
Literature: BMC V, 549; Goff L-24; HC 9830*; GW M16694; Bod-inc L-019; BSB-Ink P-683; ISTC il00024000.
Description
Laetus (Julius Pomponius) Romanae historiae compendiumab interitu Gordiani Iunioris usque ad Iusti num. III, collation: a-p4, 60 ff., 28 lines, Roman type, woodcut vine initials, a few ff. with early ink marginalia, manicules or lines marked, upper corners water-stained, occasional spotting or light marking, 19th century polished calf, gilt, small 20th century label to lower inner corner of upper cover, small piece missing from head of spine, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., 4to (201 x 148mm.), Venice, Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, 23 April, 1499.
*** First edition of this Roman History, which also includes a life of the author by Marcantonio Sabellico. The Italian humanist Laetus ran a notorious academy at Rome, which often came under the scrutiny of the Papal authorities. Charges brought against him personally or his academicians included sodomy, paganism, heresy and conspiracy against the Pope.
Provenance: 'Cat. Bought May 1903, H.J.F. ' (ink inscription to front free endpaper); Wigan Public Library (large bookplate to front pastedown and blind-stamp to first two and the last ff.).
Literature: BMC V, 549; Goff L-24; HC 9830*; GW M16694; Bod-inc L-019; BSB-Ink P-683; ISTC il00024000.
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