Appianus Alexandrinus, Delle guerre civili, Venice, Gregori, 1526, contemporary Italian morocco

Appianus Alexandrinus. Appiano Alexandrino Delle guerre civili de Romani tradotto da Messer Alessandro Braccesse Fiorentino nuovamente con somma diligentia impresso. (Venice: Gregorio de Gregori, March 1526)

The Gregori brothers began printing in Venice in the late 1470s, where they worked on occasion in partnership with Andrea Torresano and other major printers. They mostly produced books for the university market, such as legal texts, but by the 1510s their production had moved towards liturgical printing and vernacular works of literature, many of which were in Aldo's small format and in italic type.

8vo (154 x 105 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: a-z⁸ &⁸ A-M⁸: 288 leaves. (Lacking two final blank leaves, some soiling and staining).

binding: Contemporary Italian (Bolognese?) blind-tooled brown morocco (158 x 109 mm), upper cover with lettering APPIANO ALEXANDRINO (probably in oxidized silver), lower cover with Fortuna and boat stamps, spine with blind fillets along bands, dark blue and red edges. (Binding somewhat worn, spine chipped at ends with a few wormholes, upper joint cracked, corners bumped.)

provenance: Washed inscription on title-page — Italian armorial bookplate. acquisition: Purchased from Thulins Antikvariat, Stockholm, 1962. references: Edit16 2199 (together with Guerre esterne)