Lot 259
Gracián (Diego, translator).- Isocrates. De la governacion del reyno, first edition to include his translation of Dio Cassius, Salamanca, Matías Gast, 1570.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Gracián (Diego, translator).- Isocrates. De la governacion del reyno...Agapeto Del officio y cargo de Rey al Emperador Iustiniano. Dion Dela institucion del Principe..., collation: A-N8 O6, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, final f. with colophon recto, otherwise blank, title torn and repaired at foot, just touching 1 letter of date, trimmed at head, affecting headlines, spotted and stained, lightly browned, 19th century mottled calf, black morocco label to spine, head of spine little chipped, rubbed, 8vo (139 x 81mm.), Salamanca, Matías Gast, 1570.
⁂ First edition to include Gracián's translation of Dio Cassius.
Literature: Palau VII, 122033.
Description
Gracián (Diego, translator).- Isocrates. De la governacion del reyno...Agapeto Del officio y cargo de Rey al Emperador Iustiniano. Dion Dela institucion del Principe..., collation: A-N8 O6, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, final f. with colophon recto, otherwise blank, title torn and repaired at foot, just touching 1 letter of date, trimmed at head, affecting headlines, spotted and stained, lightly browned, 19th century mottled calf, black morocco label to spine, head of spine little chipped, rubbed, 8vo (139 x 81mm.), Salamanca, Matías Gast, 1570.
⁂ First edition to include Gracián's translation of Dio Cassius.
Literature: Palau VII, 122033.