Thucydidis Atheniensis historici grauissimi De bello Pelopo[n]ne[n]siu[m] Atheniensiumq[ue] libri octo / Laurentio Vallen[ensis] interprete accuratissimo. ; vna cum vita authoris totiusque operis tabella post opus apponenda.
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Thucydidis Atheniensis historici grauissimi De bello Pelopo[n]ne[n]siu[m] Atheniensiumq[ue] libri octo / Laurentio Vallen[ensis] interprete accuratissimo. ; vna cum vita authoris totiusque operis tabella post opus apponenda.
Uniform title
History of the Peloponnesian War. Latin
Created/published
[Paris] : V[ae]nundantur in [ae]dibus Ascensianis, tertio Idus Iulias MDXIII [13 July 1513]
Description
CXXII, [4] leaves ; 30 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Thucydides. author.
Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457, translator.
Parthenius, Bartholomaeus, active 1480s, editor.
Marcellinus, Rhetor, author.
Badius, Josse, 1462-1535, printer.
Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457, translator.
Parthenius, Bartholomaeus, active 1480s, editor.
Marcellinus, Rhetor, author.
Badius, Josse, 1462-1535, printer.
Note
The first edition of this translation was published by Johannes Rubeus, in Treviso, 1483. Cf. BM 15th cent., VI, p. 896-897 (IB. 28439).
Place of publication cited from Adams, BM, and NUC pre-1956.
Imprint date from colophon: In edibus Ascensianis tertio idus Iulias. M.D. XIII.
Signatures: A-P⁸ Q⁶.
Title within woodcut architectural border.
Title vignette (printer's device); initals.
Final leaf blank. Leaf LXIIII misnumbered as LXIII.
Prefatory letter from Jodocus Badius Ascensius to Petrus Aegidius: verso of title page
Life of Thucydides, leaf CXXII, translated from the Greek of Marcellinus into Latin by Bartholomaeus Parthenius (also the editor of the volume).
Index on leaves [1-3] at end.
Place of publication cited from Adams, BM, and NUC pre-1956.
Imprint date from colophon: In edibus Ascensianis tertio idus Iulias. M.D. XIII.
Signatures: A-P⁸ Q⁶.
Title within woodcut architectural border.
Title vignette (printer's device); initals.
Final leaf blank. Leaf LXIIII misnumbered as LXIII.
Prefatory letter from Jodocus Badius Ascensius to Petrus Aegidius: verso of title page
Life of Thucydides, leaf CXXII, translated from the Greek of Marcellinus into Latin by Bartholomaeus Parthenius (also the editor of the volume).
Index on leaves [1-3] at end.
Cited/described in
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, T-669
BM STC French, 1470-1600, p. 421
Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes, v. 2, no. 732
BM STC French, 1470-1600, p. 421
Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes, v. 2, no. 732
Place of creation/publication
France -- Paris.
Item Details
Call number
PA4453.A2 V3 1513 Cage
Folger-specific note
In modern brown buckram binding.
Folger accession
214752