Esterne. Appiano Alessandrino Delle guerre esterne de Romani

  • Venice: Pietro di Nicolini da Sabbio, 1538
By [APPIAN] APPIANUS; Alessandro Braccesi (trans.)
Venice: Pietro di Nicolini da Sabbio, 1538. Octavo (16cm). Early nineteenth-century half red leather and marbled paper over boards, titled in gilt on spine, all edges sprinkled red; blue marbled endpapers; fol. 1-191,[1]; relief frame on title page. Brief but numerous contemporary manuscript annotations throughout. Printed in an Italic typeface. General moderate wear, front hinge completely cracked but for one thread, binding slightly unstable, minor dampstain to lower margin of 2 gatherings, but text complete and clean: around Good.

Italian translation of Appian's Foreign Wars, a history of wars fought by the Romans with other kingdoms and cultures, originally written in Greek. USTC 810086. [63100].

MORE FROM THIS SELLER

Lorne Bair Rare Books

Specializing in The history, literature, and art of American social movements, including Civil Rights, Feminism, Labor History, Radical Politics, and Counterculture.