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Title

[Historia Romana].

Author

Appianus, of Alexandria

Publication

Impressum est hoc opus Venetijs : per Bernardu[m] Pictorem & Erhardum Ratdolt de Augusta una cum Petro Loslein de Langencen correctore ac socio, MCCCCLXXVII [1477]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Decembrio, Pier Candido, 1399-1477
• Maler, Bernhard, active 1476-1478
• Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 1528
• Löslein, Peter, active 1476-approximately 1487
• Nicholas V, Pope, 1397-1455
• Alfonso V, King of Aragon, 1396-1458
• Wilberforce Eames Collection

Description

2 volumes ([264], [424] pages); 29 cm (4to)

Alternative Title

• P. Candidi in libros Appiani sophist[ae] Alexandrini ad Nicolaum quintu[m] summu[m] pontificem pr[ae]fatio incipit felicissime.
• Appiani sophist[ae] Alexandrini Roman[ae] histori[ae] prooemium foeliciter incipit
• Appiani Alexandrini sophist[ae] Romanorum liber incipit qui Libycus inscribitur
• Ad diuum Alfonsum Aragonum & utriqusq[ue] Sicili[ae] regem in libros ciuiliu[m] belloru[m] ex Appiano Alexandrino in Latinu[m] traductos Pr[ae]fatio incipit felicissime.
• P. Candidi de ciuilibus Romanorum bellis ex Appiano Alexandrino in Latinu[m] traductis liber primus incipit. Lege feliciter.
• Libri Appiani sophistae Alexandrini
• Romana historia
• Historia Romana et De bellis civilibus

Subject

• 49 B.C.-69 A.D
• Roman colonies
• Rome > History > Early works to 1800
• Rome > History, Military > Early works to 1800
• Rome > Colonies > History > Early works to 1800
• Rome > History > Civil War, 49-45 B.C. > Early works to 1800
• Rome > History > Civil War, 43-31 B.C. > Early works to 1800
• Rome > History > Civil War, 68-69 > Early works to 1800
• Rome (Empire)

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• History.
• Incunabula – Italy – Venice.
• Woodcuts – Italy – Venice – 15th century.

Note

• Title from Incunabula short title catalogue, Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke and other sources.
• Translated from Greek by Pier Candido Decembrio.
• Imprint from colophon, v. 1 and 2, where the words "Laus Deo" precede the date.
• "Pars I comprises the Proemium Appiani, Punica, Syriaca, Parthica (Pseudo-Appianus) and Mithridatica. Pars II comprises the five books of De bellis civilibus, Illyrica and Celticorum epitomen"--Incunabula short title catalogue, citing CIBN. For information about the Parthica, by an unknown author writing in the Byzantine period or earlier, see: "The Parthica of Pseudo-Appian," by Christopher Mallan, in Historia, v. 66 (2017), pages 362-381; Mallan presents arguments for a date closer to Appianus' time.
• Volume 1, by itself, is sometimes referenced as Historia Romana and v. 2 as De bellis civilibus; Goff cites as: Historia Romana [Pars I] et De bellis civilibus [Pars II].
• Hain and Pellechet identify v. 1 as De bellis civilibus and v. 2 as Historia Romana.
• Preface of v. 1 addressed to Pope Nicholas V, who commissioned the translation; v. 2 was completed after his death, and the preface is addressed to Alfonso V, King of Aragon.
• Signatures: v. 1: a-i¹⁰ k-n⁸ o¹⁰; v. 2: a-c¹⁰ d¹² e-x¹⁰. Volume 1: $5 (-klmn5) signed; leaves a1, c2r, o10 blank; v. 2: $5 (+d6) signed; leaves a1, x10v blank.
• In v. 1, the lower part of leaf c1v and all of leaf c2r are blank except for a printed marginal note on c1v beginning "Defectus unius folij: in quo tumult[us] populi contineri uidebat ...," reflecting a corresponding lacuna in the manuscript of the translation employed by the printers.
• With two woodcut borders (v. 1, leaf a2r, 4-sided; v. 2, leaf a2r, 3-sided), and 9-line (48 x 43 mm) and 5-line (26 x 24 mm) initials, all with white-vine interlacing. Borders are printed in black in some copies, in red in others. In Redgrave's lists of borders and initial sets (pages 26-27), borders are no. 2-3 and initials are set 2 (A C P R, C D I P S) and set 3 (L, 4 designs). See also Hind, Arthur. An introduction to a history of woodcut. London, 1935, v. 2, pages 459-462.
• Roman type (Proctor 4367-4368); 32 and 33 lines (176 x 110 mm; with marginalia 176 x 150 mm). Printed marginalia. Type (British Museum catalog): 109 R. With signature marks; without catchwords and foliations.

Indexed In (note)

• Incunabula short title catalogue
• Universal short title catalogue
• Annmary Brown Memorial. Catalogue of books mostly from the presses of the first printers ... collected by Rush C. Hawkins, catalogued by Alfred W. Pollard
• Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog
• Bibliothèque nationale (France). Catalogue des incunables (CIBN)
• Bohonos, M. Incunabula quae in bibliothecis Poloniae asservantur
• Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
• Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum
• Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library
• Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library, Cambridge
• Essling, V.M., prince d'. Livres à figures vénitiens de la fin du XVe siècle et du commencement du XVIe
• Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
• Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries
• Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum
• Incunabula in Dutch libraries
• Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia
• Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark). Katalog over det Kongelige biblioteks inkunabler
• Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France
• Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique
• Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum
• Redgrave, G.R. Erhard Ratdolt and his work at Venice
• Rhodes, D.E. Catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian
• Sajó, G. Catalogus incunabulorum quae in bibliothecis publicis Hungariae asservantur
• Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online via BSB/MDZ (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy) and other sources; see Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke.

Provenance (note)

• With inscriptions in v. 2: Carolus filius Emidej Blount, and: Sum ff Dubois.

Binding (note)

• Bound in green morocco, gilt.
• 17th or 18th-century brown leather; spine and edges gilt. Binder's title: App. hist. Tom. I[-II]. Housed together in a modern brown morocco covered drop-front case.

Call Number

*KB 1477 (Appian. [Historia Romana])

LCCN

74227481

OCLC

4484317

Author

Appianus, of Alexandria, author.

Title

[Historia Romana].

Publisher

Impressum est hoc opus Venetijs : per Bernardu[m] Pictorem & Erhardum Ratdolt de Augusta una cum Petro Loslein de Langencen correctore ac socio, MCCCCLXXVII [1477]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Physical Medium

4to rdabf

Local Note

Copy in *KB 1477: Initials and borders colored by hand.

Spencer Coll. copy: Borders printed in black.

Indexed In:

Incunabula short title catalogue, ia00928000 https://data.cerl.org/istc/ia00928000

Universal short title catalogue, 997579 https://www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/997579

Annmary Brown Memorial. Catalogue of books mostly from the presses of the first printers ... collected by Rush C. Hawkins, catalogued by Alfred W. Pollard, 250

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog, A-651 https://inkunabeln.digitale-sammlungen.de/Ausgabe_A-651.html

Bibliothèque nationale (France). Catalogue des incunables (CIBN), A-482

Bohonos, M. Incunabula quae in bibliothecis Poloniae asservantur, 446

Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A-363 http://incunables.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/record/A-363

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. 5, page 244 (IB.20486, IB.20487)

Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the Harvard University Library, 1726-1729

Catalogue of the fifteenth-century printed books in the University Library, Cambridge, 1739-1742

Essling, V.M., prince d'. Livres à figures vénitiens de la fin du XVe siècle et du commencement du XVIe, 1re part., t. 1, pages 216-219, entry 221

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 2290 https://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de/docs/GW02290.htm

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, A-928

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 1307*

Incunabula in Dutch libraries, 377

Indice generale degli incunaboli delle biblioteche d'Italia, 763

Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark). Katalog over det Kongelige biblioteks inkunabler, 283

Pellechet, M. Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France, 915

Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique, 284

Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 4367-4368

Redgrave, G.R. Erhard Ratdolt and his work at Venice, 3-4

Rhodes, D.E. Catalogue of incunabula in all the libraries of Oxford University outside the Bodleian, 116

Sajó, G. Catalogus incunabulorum quae in bibliothecis publicis Hungariae asservantur, 271

Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 482

Additional Formats

Also available online via BSB/MDZ (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy) and other sources; see Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke.

Binding

Copy in *KB 1477: Bound in green morocco, gilt.

Spencer Coll. copy: 17th or 18th-century brown leather; spine and edges gilt. Binder's title: App. hist. Tom. I[-II]. Housed together in a modern brown morocco covered drop-front case. NN

Provenance

Copy in *KB 1477: With inscriptions in v. 2: Carolus filius Emidej Blount, and: Sum ff Dubois.

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Chronological Term

49 B.C.-69 A.D.

Place of Publication

Italy Venice.

Added Author

Decembrio, Pier Candido, 1399-1477, translator.

Maler, Bernhard, active 1476-1478, printer.

Ratdolt, Erhard, 1447?-1527 or 1528, printer.

Löslein, Peter, active 1476-approximately 1487, printer.

Container of (work): Appianus, of Alexandria. De bellis civilibus. Latin.

Nicholas V, Pope, 1397-1455, dedicatee.

Alfonso V, King of Aragon, 1396-1458, dedicatee.

Wilberforce Eames Collection.

Research Call Number

*KB 1477 (Appian. [Historia Romana])

Spencer Coll. Ital. 1477 (Appian, of Alexandria. Historia Romana)