EUTROPE
Breviarium historiae romanae. Pauli Diaconi de gestis romanorum libri octo ad Eutropij historiam additi
apud Hyeronimum de Marnef • sub Pelicano|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1560|7.50 x 12 cm|relié
The Roman histories seem to have appeared for the first time with annotations by Paul the Deacon in 1471 in Rome, in folio. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the British Library possess this incunable edition, but not ours, which we have been unable to locate in electronic catalogues.
Printer's device with pelican on title page.
Contemporary full calf binding. Raised spine decorated with 4 fleurons; blind fillets on headcaps. Boards with geometric motif. Blind ruled frames forming a central rectangle with 4 fleurons in the corners. Some stains. Handsome Renaissance binding.
Eutropius lived in the 4th century. The Abridgment of Roman History, in ten books, covers from th
Printer's device with pelican on title page.
Contemporary full calf binding. Raised spine decorated with 4 fleurons; blind fillets on headcaps. Boards with geometric motif. Blind ruled frames forming a central rectangle with 4 fleurons in the corners. Some stains. Handsome Renaissance binding.
Eutropius lived in the 4th century. The Abridgment of Roman History, in ten books, covers from th
€900