[16th century book]. THUCYDIDES. L'histoire... - Lot 167 - Kâ-Mondo

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[16th century book]. THUCYDIDES. L'histoire... - Lot 167 - Kâ-Mondo
[16th century book]. THUCYDIDES. L'histoire de Thucydide Athenie[n], de la guerre qui fut entre les Peloponnesiens et Athenie[n]s, tra[n]slatee en la[n]gue françoyse par feu messire Claude de Seyssel Imprimé à Paris par P. Gaultier pour J. Barbé & Claude Garamont, 1545. Fort in-16, [16]-555 [i.e. 547]-[13] f. (the last blank), 17th c. glazed havana calf, spine with 5 nerves, garnet morocco title-piece, red edges (corners dulled, head-cap partly uncovered, the other one cracked, upper jaw split, rubbing on spine; light sporadic russeting, small hole in title without affecting the text; margins repaired on f. V3 and X4). First translation into French of the Greek historian Thucydides, established by Claude de Seyssel (ca. 1450 - 1520), who relied on and corrected the Latin translation by Lorenzo Valla and Jean Lascaris. This new edition in "pocket" format follows the text of the original published in folio in 1527. Like this one, it is preceded by a dizain by Clément Marot addressed to the reader. Some rare underlining and reading marks in old ink. (USTC 39033; BP16, 112257).
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