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Vita di duodeci imperatori / descritta per Suetonio ; nuouamente tradotta in volgare. Historia d'Herodiano de lo Imperio dopo Marco : tradotta in lingua toscana, et con diligentia stampata.

Suetonius, author.; Ruffinelli, Venturino, -1558, printer.; Navò, Curzio Troiano de, active 1537-1566, printer.; Herodian. History. Italian. 1539.; Herodian. Works. Italian. 1539.
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Vita di duodeci imperatori / descritta per Suetonio ; nuouamente tradotta in volgare. Historia d'Herodiano de lo Imperio dopo Marco : tradotta in lingua toscana, et con diligentia stampata.
Uniform title
De vita Caesarum. Italian
Created/published
In Venetia : Per Venturino di Roffinelli, 1539.
Description
148 [i.e. 138], [2] leaves ; 16 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Suetonius, author.
Ruffinelli, Venturino, -1558, printer.
Navò, Curzio Troiano de, active 1537-1566, printer.
Herodian. Works. Italian. 1539.
Note
Translation of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum and Herodian's History.

Place of publication and name of publisher from colophon, where the date is given as: del mese di Febraio M D XXIX [sic].

BM STC Italian gives publisher statement as: Per Venturino di Roffinelli [for C. Navo].

Signatures: A-R⁸, S⁴ (F2 signed E2; O unsigned).

Numbers 90-99 omitted in numbering of leaves.

With blank spaces and guide letters for initials; typographic device at end.

Woodcut of a bull on pedestal in garland medallion, with initials MS, on title page verso.
Cited/described in
BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 651
BN CLXXX, column 351
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, S2056
Includes
Herodian. History. Italian. 1539.
Genre/form
Illustrations (layout features)
Place of creation/publication
Italy -- Venice.

Call number
196- 112q
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: last leaf, with device, lacking.

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