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BRUNUS ARETINUS (LEONARDUS)
Historiae Florentini populi [in Italian, translated by Donatus Acciaiolus], FIRST EDITION, Venice, Jacobus Rubeus, 12 February 1476

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BRUNUS ARETINUS (LEONARDUS)

Historiae Florentini populi [in Italian, translated by Donatus Acciaiolus], FIRST EDITION, 217 leaves (of 218, without opening blank), 41 lines, Roman letter, capital spaces with guide letters, small repair to 2 leaves (a2 and n1) touching a few letters, several marginal ink annotations, modern half vellum [ISTC ib01247000; BM V 215; Goff B1247; GW 5612; HC 1562*], folio (310 x 210mm.), Venice, Jacobus Rubeus, 12 February 1476

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FIRST EDITION of a history of Florence by Leonardo Bruni (c.1370-1444), the first to be based on documentary evidence. Written originally in Latin, modelled on the style of Livy and Sallust, it's first appearance in print was this translation into Italian by Donato Acciaiuoli. Commissioned by the Signoria, it became better known than the original Latin version which was not published until 1610.

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