In-8° : [4]-220-[8] ff. (slightly brownished paper, waterstains, title-page soiled, some foxing and little stains). Contemporary binding : brown calf boards, rebacked with green leather by an amateur, red sprinkled edges (used, back reinforced with black tape, one endpaper renewed). Reedition (1st ed. 1527) of the nine books of "Factorum et dictorum memorabilium", a classical collection of stories from the annals of Rome and other peoples, illustrating human virtues and vices, composed by the Roman historian and moralist Valerius Maximus (14-37 A.D.). This book, intended for use in the schools of rhetoric, was very popular. # USTC 404894; # BT 9226. Provenance : Vinck (ms. mention). ¶ Réédition des 9 livres de ce recueil d'anecdotes tirées des annales de Rome et d'autres peuples de l'Antiquité.
In-8° : [4]-220-[8] ff. (slightly brownished paper, waterstains, title-page soiled, some foxing and little stains). Contemporary binding : brown calf boards, rebacked with green leather by an amateur, red sprinkled edges (used, back reinforced with black tape, one endpaper renewed). Reedition (1st ed. 1527) of the nine books of "Factorum et dictorum memorabilium", a classical collection of stories from the annals of Rome and other peoples, illustrating human virtues and vices, composed by the Roman historian and moralist Valerius Maximus (14-37 A.D.). This book, intended for use in the schools of rhetoric, was very popular. # USTC 404894; # BT 9226. Provenance : Vinck (ms. mention). ¶ Réédition des 9 livres de ce recueil d'anecdotes tirées des annales de Rome et d'autres peuples de l'Antiquité.
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