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Lot 213
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DIODORUS Siculus (fl. 60-30 B.C.). Bibliothecae historicae libri VI. Translated Poggius Florentinus, edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 20 September 1496.
Super-chancery folio (270 x 187mm). Collation: a-n⁶. 78 leaves. 45 lines. Types 1*:82R, 3:108R. Woodcut initials, woodcut printer’s device on last leaf. (Margins trimmed close, occasionally affecting headlines, margins a bit frayed on a1 with some loss to shoulder note on verso, some spotting, final quire a bit browned and frayed at margins.) 16th-century vellum (spine ends chipped, a few single wormhole penetrating text throughout occasionally catching letters, some staining). Provenance: extensive marginalia in an early hand.
Fourth edition of an important sourcebook on Egypt and North Africa.
Goff D213; H 6191*; Pell 4270; Walsh 2564, 2565; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 682; Bod-inc D-072; Sheppard 4532; Pr 5441; BMC V, 530; BSB-Ink D-151; GW 8377; ISTC id00213000.