1550 FIVE BOOKS of ANTIQUITIES of Beroso a Chaldean priest antique VELLUM BOUND

Nanni, Giovanni :

I cinque libri de le antichita de Beroso sacerdote Caldeo.

( The five books of the antiquities of Beroso, a Chaldean priest )

In Venice, Baldissera Constantini; 1550

(10), 295, (1) lvs.

Size 4 by 6"

Complete. 

Full vellum binding with title in gilt on the spine.

With stamp on the front and on the penultimate leaf. 

Repaired back hinge and back endpaper, with tear in the colophon. 

Clear text. Occasional foxing. Lacks front endpaper. Worn binding.

Printed in Venice in 1550 for Baldassare Costantini.

Collection of fragments of works by Greek and Roman writers, The Kings of Babylon, Supplement to Manetho, Xenophon on the Misunderstandings, First Book of Fabio Pittore, Myrsilio on the Pelascian War, Fragments of M. Cato etc..

In reality a forgery by Giovanni Nanni, published for the first time in 1498.

Text translated into Italian by Pietro Lauro (16th century)

With printer's mark on the title page, numerous initials with woodcut vignettes

[See NUC, v. 404, p. 683]

Text in Latin
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