APPIANUS - BRACCIO. Historia delle guerre esterne de romani.
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APPIANUS Alexandrinus - BRACCIO, Alessandro. Historia delle guerre esterne de romani. Venezia, Baldasar di Constantini, 15438vo; 145x95 mm; Legatura in pergamena floscia con titolo manoscritto sul dorso, tagli a spruzzo. Carte 191. Marca tipografica sul frontespizio raffigurante San Giorgio a cavallo che uccide il drago con una lancia. Bell’esemplareEdizione rara del noto volgarizzamento per merito di Braccio Fiorentino di questo celebre classico. Alessandro Braccio (o Braccesi) fu illustre letterato, poeta, notaio e uomo politico nato a Firenze nel 1445 e morto a Roma nel 1503. L'opera di Appiano, storico greco vissuto a Roma, ca. 100-170 d.C., ebbe il merito di mutare l'usuale struttura annalistica della storiografia.
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8vo; 145x95mm; Limp vellum binding with handwritten title on the spine, speckled edges. Leaves 191. Printer’s device on title page depicting Saint George on horseback killing the dragon with an spear. Nice specimen.
Rare edition of the well-known popularization of this famous classic by Braccio Fiorentino. Alessandro Braccio (or Braccesi) was an illustrious man of letters, poet, notary and politician born in Florence in 1445 and died in Rome in 1503. The work of Appian, a Greek historian who lived in Rome, ca. 100-170 AD, had the merit of changing the usual annalistic structure of historiography.
Rare edition of the well-known popularization of this famous classic by Braccio Fiorentino. Alessandro Braccio (or Braccesi) was an illustrious man of letters, poet, notary and politician born in Florence in 1445 and died in Rome in 1503. The work of Appian, a Greek historian who lived in Rome, ca. 100-170 AD, had the merit of changing the usual annalistic structure of historiography.
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