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LIVIUS, Titus. (59 B.C.-17 A.D.). Historiae Romanae decades . Edited by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus. Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis, 20 June, 1498. Chancery 2 (265 x 185mm). Collation: a-b 8 c 4 d-m 8 n-o 6 A-I 8 K 1 0 aa-hh 8 (a1r title, a1v address by Joannes Andreae de Buxiis to Pope Paul II, a2v epitome of Lucius Florus, b8v editor's address to Benedictus Cornarius, c1r editor's summaries, c4v preface to Decade I, d1r First Decade, A1r Third Decade, aa1r Fourth Decade, hh7r colophon, hh7v register, hh8 blank). 249 (of 250, without final blank) leaves. 62 lines and headline with foliation, shoulder notes. Type 2:80R. Woodcut initials from several sets, initial spaces with printed guide-letters. (A few headlines or shoulder notes shaved, dampstaining, title repaired at corner and hinge with slight loss of a few letters, second and last leaves reinforced at hinge.) 18th-century speckled calf, gilt spine, red speckled edges (front cover almost detached, short split in rear hinge). Provenance : contemporary annotations and underlinings in red (trimmed); early inscriptions on first and final leaves deleted with resultant small holes; Jacob Smyth (title inscription); Pat. Gordon, Edinburgh, 12 Dec. 1749 (title inscription); Brechin, ecclesiastical library (rubberstamps, bookplate); F.B. Lorch (red leather booklabel, signature dated 2 Sept. 1946). HC(Add) 10142; IGI 5781; Goff L-248; Polain(B) 2500; not in the British Library.