Auctores vetustissimi nuper in lucem editi ...
Publisher: Impressit Bernardinus Venetus
Published: 1498
Place of publication: Venice
Language: lat
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Ancient History; Early works to 1800
Notes: Nanni is considered to be the actual author of the texts here presented as fragments of antique authors.

The texts are probably extracted from the edition with commentary printed at Rome by Eucharius Silber in July-Aug. 1498. Cf. BM 15th cent.

Imprint from colophon.

ISTC lists date of imprint as "not before August 1498".

Signatures: a-i⁴.

Old calf. Faded marginalia in a humanistic italic hand. Leaves i2 and i3-4 reversed by binder.

Goff, A749

Hain-Copinger 12527

Cop.-Reichling 724

BM 15th cent., V, 548

GW 2016

Proctor, 5527

ISTC, ia00749000

Walters 47

Inscription on free endpaper at beginning: Prioris Patauini Cruciferorj. Marginal ms. annotations. Thomas-Stanford copy.
Table of contents: title: (from t. p.) Myrsil[us] Lesbi[us] Historic[us] de origi[n]e Italiae & Turreno[rum]; title: M. Porcius Cato de origine gentium: & urbiu[m] Italica[rum]; title: Archilochus graecus de temporibus; title: Metasthenes Persa de Iudicio te[m]po[rum] & Annaliu[m] Persaru[m]; title: Philonis Breuiarum de temporibus; title: Xenophon De aequiuocis; title: C. Se[m]pronius De chorographia siue descriptione Italiae: & eius origine; title: Q. Fabi[us] Pictor De aureo saeculo: & de origi[n]e urbis Ro.; title: Antonini Pii Itinerarium; title: Berosus Babylonicus: dignitate chaldaeus de temporib[us] cui titulus est defloratio Berosi chaldaica. Hunc aute[m] librum scripsit Athenie[n]sibus ad emendandos anti[qui]tatum complurimos errores; title: Manethonis Aegyptii Historici Suppleme[n]tu[m] pro Beroso; title: Decretum Desiderii regis Italiae.