Appianus Alexandrinus, Delle guerre civili, Venice, Aldus, 1545, red morocco by Padeloup

Appianus Alexandrinus. Appiano Alessandrino delle guerre civili et esterne de Romani, con diligentia corretto et con nuova tradottione di molti luoghi migliorato. Aggiuntovi alla fine un libro del medesimo, delle guerre di Spagna, non piu veduto. (Venice: in the house of the sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1545)

A further edition of Alessandro Braccesi's translation of Appian's Roman Wars.

3 parts in one volume, 8vo (153 x 92 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-z⁸ A-I⁸ k² aa-yy⁸ aaa-iii⁴ kkk⁶: 476 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on each title-page and final verso of each part. (bbb4 repaired at foot.)

binding: Seventeenth-century red morocco by Padeloup le Jeune (155 x 100 mm), with his ticket at foot of title-page, single gilt fillet border on covers, spine gilt in compartments, edges marbled and gilt. (Joints and corners repaired, later marbled pastedowns.)

provenance: Collation note by Bernard Quaritch at end of volume. acquisition: Purchased from Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, Milan, 1972. references: UCLA 339; Edit16 2207; Renouard 134/19