DIODORUS Siculus (fl. 60-30 B.C.). Bibliothecae historicae libri VI. Translated Poggius Florentinus, edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 20 September 1496.
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DIODORUS Siculus (fl. 60-30 B.C.). Bibliothecae historicae libri VI. Translated Poggius Florentinus, edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 20 September 1496.

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DIODORUS Siculus (fl. 60-30 B.C.). Bibliothecae historicae libri VI. Translated Poggius Florentinus, edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 20 September 1496.

Fourth edition of an important sourcebook on Egypt and North Africa. H *6191; GW 8377; BMC V 530; BSB-Ink D-151; Goff D-213.

Super-chancery folio (315 x 215mm). Woodcut initials, woodcut printer’s device on last leaf (occasional thumb-soiling, some waterstaining in corners and a few margins, mostly marginal worming). Contemporary French blindstamped calf over wooden boards tooled with vertical rows of fleur de lys, bird and other tools (a little worn and repaired, missing clasps). Provenance: Pierre le Louther? (contemporary inscription at end naming subsequent ownership by his son Claude and Claude's daughter Jeanne) – Troyes Oratory (inscription on first text leaf).