Accession number
PML 1419-21
Creator
Livy.
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, [1519-1533]
Description
5 parts ; 17 cm (8vo)
Notes
Part 1: Decas prima (Dec. 1518); part 2: Decas tertia ... Feb. 1519; part 3: Decas quarta ... Nov., 1520; part 4: Epitomae ... Lucius Florus ... Polybius ... Mar., 1521; part 5: Decadis quintae ... May, 1533.
Morgan copy with parts 3 and 5 bound togeth
Morgan copy with parts 3 and 5 bound togeth
Binding
16th-century Venetian gilt-tooled red morocco for Granvelle by the Fugger Binder, part of an order placed by Granvelle in 1547 through the Venetian bookseller Gabriele Giolito (see Bibliotheca Brookeriana, pt. 1). Gilt edges, with purplish-brown title pan
Provenance
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517-1586), stamped armorial (part 2, recto of final leaf; part 4, verso of title page; part 3, verso of title page) and bindings, with panel title on fore-edges; Besançon, Capuchin convent, inscription: "Ad usam Capucinoru
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