POLIBIO (206 a.C.-118 a.C) - Polibio historico greco tradotto per m. Lodouico Domenichi. Venice: Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1545.   First edition of the Renaissance translation of Polybius by Lodovico Domenichi, a famous scholar from Piacenza who was responsible for numerous editions and translations of the classics. The work is dedicated to Gerolamo Pallavicino, Marquis of Corte Maggiore.   8vo (140 x 90mm). Printer's device on title and at end, woodcut initials and decorations (without final blank, reinforcements and restorations to the inner margin of title, wormholes and wormtracks sometimes restored on title and at end, occasionally also touching text compromising its legibility, some staining and foxing). 18th-century calf, title on label and gilt decorations on spine, speckled edges (new endpapers, wormtracks, chipping, some wear to spine and with some restorations). Provenance: "Ex libris Livis Com. Lanthevy" (contemporary ownership inscription on title).

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