BLONDUS, Flavius (1388-1463). Roma Instaurata... De origine et gestis Venetorum... Italia illustrata... Verona: Boninus de Boninis, 20 December 1481 - 7 February 1482. 2° (287 x 196mm.). Collation: [* 4 ]; a 10 b-f 8 g 4 ; A-L 8 M 6 . 152 leaves (including blanks f8 and M6). Types 2:114R (headlines); 1:90G (text). Capital spaces. 46 lines and headline. (Repair to outer margin of first leaf, text with one or more wormholes from H8 to end, margins with generally unobtrusive worming throughout, some browning particularly to first few leaves.) Later half vellum. Provenance : Rocco di Carminati (erased ownership inscription, marginalia). The first collected edition of three of Blondus's principal works, and the editio princeps of De Gestis Venetorum (a brief history of Venice from its origins, dedicated to Doge Francesco Foscari). Schudt 567; GW 4423; BSB Ink B-554; BMC VII 951; Goff B-702.
BLONDUS, Flavius (1388-1463). Roma Instaurata... De origine et gestis Venetorum... Italia illustrata... Verona: Boninus de Boninis, 20 December 1481 - 7 February 1482. 2° (287 x 196mm.). Collation: [* 4 ]; a 10 b-f 8 g 4 ; A-L 8 M 6 . 152 leaves (including blanks f8 and M6). Types 2:114R (headlines); 1:90G (text). Capital spaces. 46 lines and headline. (Repair to outer margin of first leaf, text with one or more wormholes from H8 to end, margins with generally unobtrusive worming throughout, some browning particularly to first few leaves.) Later half vellum. Provenance : Rocco di Carminati (erased ownership inscription, marginalia). The first collected edition of three of Blondus's principal works, and the editio princeps of De Gestis Venetorum (a brief history of Venice from its origins, dedicated to Doge Francesco Foscari). Schudt 567; GW 4423; BSB Ink B-554; BMC VII 951; Goff B-702.
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