Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
APPIANUS. Historia Romana. Latin translation by Petrus Candidus Decembrius. Part 2 (of 2): De bellis civilibus [and other texts]. [211] (of [212]) leaves: lacks initial blank. Roman type. Woodcut white-on-black three-quarter border on a2r and ornamental initials throughout. 4to, 278x205 mm, early limp vellum with remnants of thong ties; front free endpaper reattached causing slight adhesive discoloration in title gutter, occasional light marginal foxing and soiling. (Venice: Bernhard Maler, Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Löslein, 1477)

Additional Details

Second edition of Appian's history of Roman wars; the first was printed in 1477. Hain 1307; GW 2290; BMC V, 244; Goff A928; ISTC ia00928000.