Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum.

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Venice, B. Venetus de Vitalibus, [between 9 October 1498 and 23 April 1499]

4to: [50] ff., 29 ll. (somewhat spotted, some marginal dampstaining).

Mod. half vellum covered with a leaf of a rubricated early Missal, flat spine titled in ink, sp. edges. Good copy.

Later incunable ed. of a collection of short biographies of Roman Emperors. Printed in roman type. Ref. ISTC ic00918000. - Goff C-918. - Polain 4306. - BMC V:550. - CIBN C-589. - BSB-Ink N-17. Prov. On front endpaper a cutting from Maggs Cat. 470 (item 388). - [Georges Petit].