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S.F. Book Fair
Charles W. Traylen
Sept. '76 $5.00

Valerius Maximus, Gaius (fl. c. AD20) (c. 49 B.C.-c. 30 AD)
Factorum ac Dictiorum Memorabiluim liber ad Tyberium
Caesarem (Facta et dicta memorabilia)
c the commentary of Oliverius Arzignanenois
Venia: Guilelmus Anima Mia, Tridinensis Latin
12 Aug. 1491 f° Liber I-XI b3
Goff V39 HC 15791 Pr 5114 BMC V p 412
cop HEHL, Yale, Harv. C.L. {of Piancerto + Trino in the Duchy of Montferrat.

244 leaves, 5-244 numbered I-CCXL
64 lines of commentary surrounding the text, + headline,
245 (252) x 150 mm Types 113R.; 78R.; 78 Gk.
Marginalia. Woodcut capitals, also spaces, c guide letters
Only ed. by this printer.
Having first appeared as the partner of Antonello di Burasconi
in an Aquinas of 31 May 1485, Anima Mia is found
printing alone on 11 Aug. 1486, + so continues until Nov 1491.
Subsequent books containing his name date from 1493, 4 + 99.

"Nine books of memorable acts + speeches Deeds + Sayings" of the Romans - by
Valerius Maximus, a writer in the reign o fTiberius (14-37 AD)
see - Kraus Incurabula #148
-- The work is a collection of anectodes drawn from Roman + Greek
history, classified by subject, intended as a stock of illustrative
examples to be incorporated into orations or rhetorical exercises.
Though much of the material is taken from Cicero + Livy, it includes
some stories from the author's own time (1st century AD) + is thus
an important original source for the reign of Tiberius. It is the
1st extant example of the unctuous melodramatic style of later
Latin prose, + its long career as one of the most used text books
of the Middle Ages + Renaissance spread + kept alive this style,
both in Latin + the vernacular languages. At least 23
editions appeared before 1501 + Schweiger lists 100 editions
which appeared from 1501 to 1600. Numerous translations have
also been made.