Beschreibung:

Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus. Civilis Belli. [Lyon: Baldazare de Gabiano? 1502-1503?] A counterfeit edition of the Aldine edition of 1502, unrecorded by Shaw. The edition is without Aldo’s preface, hence was presumably earlier than the Monitum. The verso of the title contains only the heading “Luciani epithaphium” with six lines of verse. 8vo (159 x 94 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: a-r8 s4: 140 leaves. binding: Contemporary brown northern Italian morocco (165 x 104 mm), blind tooled, frame of large square knots, in central panel vertical row of three arabesque floral tools, traces of two pairs of fabric ties, edges stained a light blue, title in ink along tail edge. (Small area of loss to upper band, a few worm holes to spine, restoration to one corner, text block detaching from upper joint, minor worming to pasteboards.) provenance: Early inscription, "Jo. Jacobus Germanus," on title-page — early inscription ("Julius Gadentius Ferrarius," possibly Giulio Gaudenzio Ferrari perhaps the family of the painter Gaudentius Ferrarius Novariensis, 1471/1480-1546) on title-page — early marginalia throughout. acquisition: Purchased from Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books, London, 2018. references: Cf. Renouard 306/3 (but not mentioning this edition); not in Shaw; not in Baudrier