Valerius Maximus - Neun Bücher von namhafften wunderbaren Geschichten und Exempeln - 1565

“Valerius Maximus, the widely renowned and highly learned ancient historian, Nine Books of Notable and Wonderful Stories and Examples, both of the Romans and of other foreign peoples, namely the Persians, Medes, Greeks, Africans, Flemings and Germans” 1565.

With 3 large engraved woodcut vignettes on the title page, in the text and at the end.

VD 16, V 155. BM STC, German Books 882. First and probably only printing of the edition edited by Nicolaus Heiden.

The pages are well preserved, with light browning in places. There are a few tiny wormholes at the beginning.
Page 61/62 has a large tear at the bottom extending about halfway up the page; the lower part is also somewhat creased.
The final page and the last two leaves are somewhat loose.

Bound in a restored binding using the original blind-stamped pigskin-covered boards. The spine has been entirely renewed.
The binding is rubbed and somewhat stained, with restored areas of loss. The spine and rear board are detached from the text block. The clasps are missing, and the original covering of the rear board is coming loose slightly.

Collation: 6 leaves, 207 pages, 2 leaves,

Dimensions: 32.5 x 21 cm