Sale: 359 / Rare Books including Marine Art, Nov. 16./17. 2009 in Hamburg Lot 123

Joh. Annius - Antiquitatum Italiae. 1552.


123
Joh. Annius
Antiquitatum Italiae. 1552.
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 428
Sold:
€ 552 / $ 590
(incl. surcharge)
[Annius, Joh.; fingiert:] Berosus, Antiquitatum Italiae ac totius orbis libri quinque, commentariis Ioannis Annii Viterbensis ... aeditio ultima, caeteris longe castigatior. With woodcut printer's device on title. Antwerp, (Joh. Graphius für) J. Steelsius 1552. 18th cent. calf. 8vo. 24 ll., 748 pp., 22 ll.
Index Aurel 117.910. - BM STC, Dutch Books S. 21. - Adams B 789. - Brunet I, 300. - Cf. Palau (ed. 1545). - Fifth edition of this famous collection of forgery (cf. Farrer, Lit. Fälschungen pp. 50ff.), first published 1498. Present edition for the first time with the description of Spain and Sicily, attributed to Cl. M. Aretius by Annius. - 2 small cutouts and early inscriptions to title. Binding worn.



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Joh. Annius
Antiquitatum Italiae. 1552.
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