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Roseo, Mambrino

History of the Successors of Alexander the Great. And of the division of his empire, with the success of the wars of the satraps between them. Collected by various authors, and mostly by Diodorus Siculus, 1570

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In Venetia, Appresso Francesco Ziletti, 1570. In 16th, 8 + 52 cc. nos. for the life of Plutarch, 276 cc. no., 1 c.b. Seventeenth-century binding in full Bazzana leather, spine with five compartments with title and decorations in gold, gilt fillet on the plates, colored edges.

Specialist Notes

Rare original edition. Man of letters born in Fabriano at the end of the 15th century and died between 1573 and 1580. He first practiced the profession of notary in Fabriano and Perugia. In 1542 he began the successful activity of translator and compiler that was to reserve him great fortunes and publishing successes, including this history of the Macedonian Empire accompanied by the Life of Alexander in the translation of Sansovino. Original edition. See "Of the Greek writers and the Italian versions", p. 253.

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