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DIODORUS SICULUS. Bibliothecae historicae libri VI. Latin translation by Poggius Florentinus. [128] leaves, including blank a1. Roman type. Folio, 280x195 mm, modern 1/4 morocco; occasional light marginal soiling and dampstains, contemporary inscriptions on blank first page partly inked out, unidentified coat of arms drawn in ink in lower margin of a2r, marginalia in 2 humanistic hands throughout. (Venice: Andreas de Paltasichis, 31 January 1476/77)
Second edition, following the first printed at Bologna in 1472; the original Greek text first appeared in 1559. Appended is the Germania by Tacitus, also in the second edition. This is the first recorded production from the first press of the Dalmatian printer Andrea Paltaszic. Hain-Copinger 6189; GW 8375; BMC V, 251; Goff D211; ISTC id00211000.
