LUCIAN of Samosata; et al Vera historia [and other texts] 14

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LUCIAN of Samosata; et al. Vera historia [and other texts]. Latin translations by Lilius Castellanus. White-on-black woodcut border by Benedetto Bordone on a2r. 112 leaves. Roman type. 4to, 216x155 mm, 18th-century vellum with calligraphic spine title in ink, recased, endpapers renewed; first leaf soiled, with blank portion excised and crudely restored, contents otherwise generally clean. Bookplates of the bibliographer Gilbert R. Redgrave (1844-1941), with his ownership inscription and notes on the woodcut border; and W. R. Jeudwine (1920-84; sale at Bloomsbury, 18 September 1984, lot 18). (Venice: Simon Bevilaqua for Benedetto Bordone, 25 August 1494)

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first edition of a collection of 14 dialogues, satires, and miscellaneous writings, all but 5 of which appear here for the first time, by the 2nd-century A.D. Greek rhetorician and satirist. The title work, which was first published in 1475/76, is the earliest known example of prose fiction dealing with interplanetary travel. HC 10261; BMC V, 519; Goff L329; ISTC il00329000; Hoffmann II, 549.