Valerius Maximus de factorum dictorumque memorabilium exemplis libri novem, cura & accurato studio recogniti. Hid adiecimus Exempla Christiana. Basel: Ex Officina Henricpetrina. 1577.
(175mm x 120mm) [40] leaves, 703 pages, [1] leaf, 115 pages, [1] leaf. COMPLETE. Contemporary pigskin over thick wooden boards. One clasp still present, one lacking. Boards worn, binding is firm and tight. Tear along inner margin of TP, not affecting text. Interior pages are clean, with a mild overall toning. Nice woodcut initials throughout. Small woodcut printers device to tp, with a larger one to final leaf. Previous owner name written on front flyleaf "Sum Joannis Pauli, 1580", along with annotations underneath. On rear pastedown is "Ioannis Paulus" as well as more annotations.
Additional Information:
Valerius Maximus was a 1st-century Latin writer and author of a collection of historical anecdotes: Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX [it] ("Nine books of memorable deeds and sayings", also known as De factis dictisque memorabilibus or Facta et dicta memorabilia). He worked during the reign of Tiberius (14 AD to 37 AD).
During the Middle Ages, Valerius Maximus was one of the most copied Latin prose authors, second only to Priscian. More than 600 medieval manuscripts of his books have survived as a result.[1]
OCLC 258362297, locates only 4 other copies of this edition, all in Germany. None in the US.
