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Livius (Livy) - Rubricated incunabula woodcut leaf - Gaius Canuleius and the tribune on the plebs - 1505
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Livius (Livy) - Rubricated incunabula woodcut leaf - Gaius Canuleius and the tribune on the plebs - 1505

Superb rubricated incunabula woodcut leaf. From Livius Titus (59 B.C.-17 A.D.). Romische Historie usz Tito livio gezogen. Translated from Latin into German by Bernhard Schöfferlin and Ivo Wittich. Mainz: Johannes Schoeffer, 1505. Gothic type. 28.6 x 20.1 cm First edition of of this woodcut as reflected in its excellence and deep impression. Gaius Canuleius, according to Livy book 4, was a tribune of the plebs in 445 BC.[1] He introduced a bill proposing that intermarriage between patricians and plebeians be allowed. As well, with his fellow tribunes he proposed another bill allowing one of the two annually elected consuls to be a plebeian. Despite fierce opposition from the patricians, his laws were eventually passed when the plebeians went on a military strike, refusing to defend the city against its attacking neighbors. That law, the Lex Canuleia, bears his name. The accuracy of Livy's description of Canuleius' tribunate and the Struggle of the Orders in which his laws played a major part is doubted by some modern scholars. Fine later hand color. A number of single worm holes to leaf, none within image.
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Livius (Livy) - Rubricated incunabula woodcut leaf - Gaius Canuleius and the tribune on the plebs - 1505

Livius (Livy) - Rubricated incunabula woodcut leaf - Gaius Canuleius and the tribune on the plebs - 1505

Superb rubricated incunabula woodcut leaf.

From Livius Titus (59 B.C.-17 A.D.). Romische Historie usz Tito livio gezogen. Translated from Latin into German by Bernhard Schöfferlin and Ivo Wittich. Mainz: Johannes Schoeffer, 1505.

Gothic type. 28.6 x 20.1 cm

First edition of of this woodcut as reflected in its excellence and deep impression.

Gaius Canuleius, according to Livy book 4, was a tribune of the plebs in 445 BC.[1] He introduced a bill proposing that intermarriage between patricians and plebeians be allowed. As well, with his fellow tribunes he proposed another bill allowing one of the two annually elected consuls to be a plebeian.

Despite fierce opposition from the patricians, his laws were eventually passed when the plebeians went on a military strike, refusing to defend the city against its attacking neighbors. That law, the Lex Canuleia, bears his name.

The accuracy of Livy's description of Canuleius' tribunate and the Struggle of the Orders in which his laws played a major part is doubted by some modern scholars.


Fine later hand color. A number of single worm holes to leaf, none within image.

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Having studied at Oxford University in the early 1980s I was lucky enough to learn about the rare book and print trade by scuttling around the markets and auction houses of London at a time when it was still quite possible to discover "that find". Similarly I was able to hone my specialist interests in illustrated Natural History, Mythology and Science, something that I hope is still reflected in the items I offer. The aim is to offer the rare, interesting, unusual, beautiful and strange, from Master Engravings to Exquisite Folios. So at the very least we hope your visit to the site to be a rewarding and enlightening experience! Daniel Good Rare Books
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