1535. BOOK: (HISTORY-CLASSICS). COCCII SABELLICI,... Lot 46

1535. BOOK: (HISTORY-CLASSICS). COCCII SABELLICI, MARCI ANTONII: RAPSODIAE HISTORIARUM ENNEADUM [...] AB ORBE CO[N]DITE PARS PRIMA QUINQUE COMPECTENS ENNEADES. Lyon: in aedibus Nicolai Petit & Hectoris Penet consortium, 1535. 2 vol. in folio menor. I: 20 h. including two-colour cover and wide border engraved in wood, publisher's mark Vicenti de Portonaris in the central part + 506 p. II: 16 h. including cover + 562 p. Text in two columns. Numerous woodcut capital letters of various sizes. Two vol. enc. by BRUGALLA, Jansenist style, full skin chagrin with nerves, golden cuts. Exemplary with wide margins. Marco Antonio Sabellico (1436 - 1506) was a famous Italian historian and humanist, author of numerous works but especially known for 'Universal History'. This was first published in Venice in 1487, and later continued with new historical additions by Pietro Bembo. The present edition contains references to the discovery of America (pages 526-527 of Vol. II). Alden 535/16.