Valerius Maximus, C.

Dictorum factorumque memorabilium exempla.
Adiecto indice propriorum nominum, rerumque memoria dignarum locupletissimo.

Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1550

517 pp., 10 leaves, 3 blank leaves.

With woodcut printer's mark.


Original blind-tooled pigskin binding (stained and rubbed)

- Adams V 111. –

Lyon pocket edition of the widely circulated collection of anecdotes by Valerius Maximus (c. 20 BC–AD 50), compiled from the writings of Cicero, Livy, Sallust, Pompey Trogus, Marcus Terentius Varro, and others.

Dedicated to the Emperor Tiberius, this collection of memoirs, arranged according to subject matter, was intended as an aid for orators and writers.


Lacks front endpaper, inner joints cracked, good interior


  Size 3 1/4 by 5"