DIODORUS OF SICILY. HISTORIARUM LIBRI ALIQUOT, QUI EXTANT. - Lot 63

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DIODORUS OF SICILY. HISTORIARUM LIBRI ALIQUOT, QUI EXTANT. - Lot 63
DIODORUS OF SICILY. HISTORIARUM LIBRI ALIQUOT, QUI EXTANT. Basel, [Johann Oporinus and Robert Winter, 1539]. In-4° of [12]-481-[1] pages, marbled calf, cold decoration on the boards, red edges (modern binding). First rare edition of the Universal History of Diodorus of Sicily, superbly printed in Greek characters and procured by the German philologist Vincentius Obsopoeus, Vinzenz Heidecker of his real name. It contains the last 5 books of the second decade, the only ones Obsopoeus knew of at the time. The complete edition was not published until 1559 by Henri Estienne. Binding damaged, worn, hinges rubbed, numerous handwritten annotations from the period (Brunet, II, 715) (Adams, D-468) (USTC, 637606).
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