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Diodori Siculi bibliothecae historicae libri XVII.
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Diodori Siculi bibliothecae historicae libri XVII.

Publication details: Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe,1552,

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An attractively bound small format edition of Diodorus, in a translation by the humanist Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459). Gryphius had success with portable editions of classical texts, as here, in which he deployed his fine italic type. Diodorus' ambitious tripartite work covers the Golden Age to the fall of Troy, the period to the death of Alexander, and the 'modern era' until Caesar's Gallic Wars. Of the forty books, only the first five and 11-20 are extant.Collation: a-z8 A-Z8 aa-zz8 AA8 BB4.

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First edition thus; woodcut printer's device on title-page, ruled in red throughout; light soiling to title-page, but a very good copy, pp. 1127, small 8vo (130 x 75 mm), contemporary Lyonese calf, frame composed of blind and gilt fillets with corner fleurons, centrepiece of repeated azured leafy stamp, spine on raised bands with small gilt fleurs-de-lys and gilt lettering, gilt edges; a little rubbed with some creasing to the spine and tender upper joint, sympathetic restoration to the lower boards; early printed ownership label of Peter Bardon M.D on front pastedown, very good

Bibliography: Adams 471; Baudrier VIII, p. 259. Hoffmann I, 560; Von Gültlingen V: Gryphe 1229.

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