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NEPOS, CORNELIUS; et al.
Cornelius Nepos. De vita Catonis senioris.
Sextus Aurelius de vitis Caesarum. Benevenutus Imolensis de eadem re.
[68]
leaves. 8vo, 149x94 mm, modern tan calf with red morocco lettering piece; scattered light
foxing, single tiny wormhole in title.
(
Fano: Girolamo [i. e., Gershom ben Moses] Soncino, March 1504)
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST SONCINO EDITION
of the life of the Roman statesman Cato the Elder by Nepos, and
brief works on Roman emperors by Sextus Aurelius Victor and Benevenuto Rambaldi da
Imola. Gershom ben Moses was the most famous member of the family of Jewish printers who
took their surname from the town of Soncino. He began printing there in 1488 and was active
in various locales for over 4 decades, including Fano (where he was the first printer) in the years
1501-06
and 1515-16. His output consisted of Hebrew works exclusively up to 1500, and
mostly non-Hebrew texts thereafter. Manzoni, Annali Tipografici dei Soncino II/2, 59
(“
rarissima stampa,” incorrectly describing this edition of Benevenuto as the first); Potthast,
page 145.
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OUDIN, CÉSAR.
Tesoro de las Dos Lenguas Española y Francesa. Thrésor
des Deux Langues Espagnolle et Françoise.
[366]; [250]
leaves, including final blank.
2
parts in one volume. 4to, 189x150 mm, 20th-century vellum boards; contents toned with
scattered minor stains, margins trimmed entering some headlines.
Brussels: Hubert Antoine, 1625-24
[400/600]
Fourth edition of a Spanish-French/French-Spanish dictionary originally published in 1607.
Palau 207306-II; Peeters-Fontainas 1011.
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