(1556). [GUEVARA (Antoine de)]. DECADE CONTENANT LA VIE DES - Lot 288

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(1556). [GUEVARA (Antoine de)]. DECADE CONTENANT LA VIE DES - Lot 288
(1556). [GUEVARA (Antoine de)]. DECADE CONTENANT LA VIE DES EMPEREURS... Paris, M. de Vascosan, 1556. Small in-4° of [4]-243 leaves, ruby morocco, wide gilt lace framing the boards, spine ribbed with gilt urns, gilt edges (18th century binding). FIRST EDITION. The ten biographies of Roman emperors, extracted from several Greek, Latin and Spanish authors, appear here for the first time in the French translation by Antoine Allègre (1500-1570). This volume usually joins Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men. "Magnificent edition, copies are rare" (De Bure, instructive bibliography p. 432). A fine copy in ornate morocco (Brunet IV, 737) (USTC, 37692, 9 copies listed).
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