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  • Collection: 16th Century

The historie of Quintus Curtius

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Signatures: A-2O⁸ P⁴.

Title vignette, with motto "God saue the Queene," incorporating printer's device, with initials "A.I."; head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials.

Binding: contemporary limp vellum, gilt (gilt worn, ties missing), in red morocco…

A chronicle, conteyning the liues of tenne emperours of Rome

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A translation of: Una década de los diez Cesares y emperadores Romanos.

Colophon reads: Imprinted at London for Ralphe Newberrie, dwelling in Fleetestreate a little aboue the conduite.

Printer's name from STC.

Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-X⁸ 2A-2I⁸…

A report and discourse written by Roger Ascham

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At the foot of title: Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis, per decennium.

Signatures: A-I⁴.

Title within typographical border.

Tail-piece; initials; marginal notes.

"John Astely to R. Ascham": second preliminary leaf.

Black…

An Historical collection of the most memorable accidents and tragicall massacres of France

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Authorship disputed. Generally attributed by early authorities to Jean de Serres. Later attributed to Simon Goulart. Probably a compilation by Goulart based chiefly on the work of de Serres with additions from other contemporaries. Cf. Hauser. Les…

The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan

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A translation, from the French version of Claude de Seyssel, of: History of the Peloponnesian War.

"Wryttonne in the Greke tonge ... translated into Latyne by Laurence Vaile, and afterwardes brought into the Frenche tonge by the Lorde Claudius of…

The firste volume of the chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande

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One of four imprint variants of this edition.

At head of all title pages: 1577. At foot of all title pages: God saue the Queene

Vol. 1 contains 3 pts. Title-page of pt. 2: "The historie of Scotlande ..."; title-page to pt. 3: "The historie of…

The breuiary of Britayne

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A translation of: Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum.

Printer’s name and address from colophon.

"Authours, whose names, and woorkes, are cited in this booke" ... 17th prelim. leaf.

Text in black letter. Title within woodcut…

Cronologia del mondo di M. Francesco Sansouino diuisa in tre libri

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A world chronology printed by the son of its compiler, who "composed a new chronological chart ... who had consulted astronomers and antiquarians in correcting the dates in Jacopo Filippo, and who then wrote a short history of the work of all his…

Blondi Flauii Forliuie[n]sis De Roma instaurata libri tres ad Eugenium. iiii. Pontificem maximum

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Imprint from colophon which reads " ... impressum Venetiis per Bernardinum Venetum de vitalibus. M. DIII. pridie klendas Martii ... "

Istoria di m. Poggio fiorentino

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Signatures: [par.]² A-R⁸ S².
Title vignette (printer's device); initials; tail-pieces; italic type.
Title page verso blank.
Errata, register and colophon on final page.
Includes index.

Le Historie vinitiane di Marco Antonio Sabellico, diuise in tre deche con tre libri della quarta deca

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Foliated.
Title page followed by twenty-one pages of index.
Woodcut architectural border to title page ; woodcut head-pieces; woodcut initials.
Colophon the same as imprint on title page.
Lodovico Dolce (1508-1568) translated only a small part…

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Caroli Sigonii Historiarum de regno Italiae libri quindecim

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Colophon reads: Venetiis, Ex officina Stellae Iordani Ziletti. 1574.