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Valerius Maximus, Gaius
Facta et dicta memorabilia. See #56 B
1481 4500L Venice: Vindelinus de Spina, 1471. folio. F4
Ref: Goff V 24, HCR 15775 BMC V 156
Cop: PML, Harv CL.

123 leaves, the lst blank. 4a: 41 lines, 227x136mm
Types: 110 R1 + 110 R2. Capital spaces
with admixtures from 110 R2 is used up to the
3rd leaf of quire (or) inclusive, the remainder of the
book is in 110 R2.
110 R - (3 states) in use 1469-73.

Valerii maximi historiagraphi liber iii explicit
Incipit iiii de animi moderatione

- a collection of anecdotes for the use of orators in 9 books.
The anecdotes are arranged according to the subjects they illustrate.
Books 3-6, virtous conduct (fortitude, moderation, humanity
etc.)
One of the 2 ed of V. Maximus issued in 1471; the other
one was published by Schoeffer on June 14. the present ed.
is generally ranked 3rd, though there is no real proof
as to which appeared first.
Printing had been established in Venice past a year or two
before, by Wendelin's brother, Kohannes de Spira.
-Valerius Maximus, Latin writer in the reign of Tiberius.
A standard work for use in schools where students were taught
to embellish speaches by refrence to history.
- Though much of the material is drawn from Cicero + Livy,
it includes some stories from the author's own time.
9 books of memorable acts + speeches fo the Romans' - a
collection of anecdotes illustrating abstract concepts such as
friendship, gratitude + happiness.