Livius, Titus; Philemon Holland (Trans.)

Estimate

1,800 - 2,500 USD

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Description

The Romane Historie written by T. Livius of Padva. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a Chronologie to the whole Historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. London: Adam Islip, 1600
paper, ink, leather

Folio (12 x 8 in.; 305 x 205 mm). Woodcut allegorical device on title, woodcut portrait of Elizabeth I on title verso, woodcut headpieces, decorative and historiated initials; copy washed, antique and modern annotations in margins, wormholes, large but light dampstaining, some small inkspots, lacking initial and final blank leaves, repair on Bbbbbbb4, Hhhhh3 bound with upper left corner folded. Modern half calf.

Literature

STC 16613; ESTC S114001; Pforzheimer 495

Catalogue Note

First edition in English of Livy's Roman History (Ab urbe condita), and Philemon Holland's first published translation. Holland is considered by many the “translator general in his age” (quoted in Pforzheimer). This work was used by Shakespeare, particularly in his Coriolanus.