Accession number:
PML 51238.1
Published:
Venice : Johannes Rubeus Vercellensis, about 1492; [about 1500]
Description:
(4to)
Notes:
IGI and CIBN date this edition about 1500; Rhodes dates about 1492-95.
Authorship of De viris illustribus unknown. Here attributed to Pliny, although Sextus Aurelius Victor was generally but erroneously preferred from the 16th century. (M. M. Sage, The De Viris Illustribus: authorship and date, Hermes 108 (1980), pp 83-100).
Checklist: "Census P741."
Binding:
Long-stitch binding with vellum wrapper.
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