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LIVIUS (TITUS)
The Romane Historie, Adam Islip, 1600

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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LIVIUS (TITUS)

The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, large woodcut device on title, woodcut portraits of Queen Elizabeth I on verso of title and of Livy on [A]4v, some light toning, dampstaining in margins towards end, without initial and final blanks, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and restored preserving original backstrip [STC 16613; Pforzheimer 495], folio (327 x 217mmm.), Adam Islip, 1600

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Provenance: A. Peignter[?], Robert Shoe and Daniell Trevethan[?], early ownership signatures; D.A.W. Russell, bookplate. See illustration on preceding page.

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