Orationi in materia civile, e criminale, tratte da gli historici greci, e latini, antichi, e moderni, raccolte, e tradotte per M. Remigio Fiorentino

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Author:  M. Remigio Fiorentino

Publisher:  Appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari

Place of printing:  Venice

Year of publication:  1561

Product Condition:
A good copy. Full leather binding with gilt titles and decorations on the five-ribbed spine; widespread abrasions to the covers, edges, corners, hinges, and spine. Woodworm holes on the front cover. Rather tight binding. Old pen annotations on the inside covers, pencil cataloguing code on the first flyleaf, and number 1381 written in pencil on the last leaf, where the woodcut printer's mark is present (different from the one on the title page). Numerous frontals and initials, fewer endpapers. Browned edges with dust spots, spattered. Collational formula: *⁸, A-Z⁸, AA-FF⁸, GG¹⁰. Leaves generally in good condition with wide lower and lateral margins, some browned. Note: wormholes on the inner lateral margin of the title page, on the following leaf, and on the last five leaves of the volume; further minimal wormholes on the upper edge of the quaternions from T to AA; the pen marks and ancient annotations are minimal and are found on A, A3, G, P5, V4, V5, AA8, CC5, EE8, FF; simple manicule drawings on G6 and V5. Typographical error: paper N2 is indicated as N. Brown spots on O5 and BB7. Text in Italian.

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Pages:  (16),483,(1)

Format:  In eighth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  22
Width:  15

Description

The scholar Remigio Nannini (1521-1581), who entered the Dominican order in 1575, is known under the name Remigio Fiorentino. He edited numerous editions and translations for the Giolito de' Ferrari family. The subtitle reads: "... with the Arguments for each Oration, for a greater understanding of what is contained therein, and with the Effects that followed from said Orations. In which, in addition to knowledge of the History, one has information on the governments of States and Republics, on the accusing and defending of criminals, and on many other things useful to anyone who attends to civil life." This volume represents a significant anthology of orations taken from Greek, Latin, and Italian historians, translated into Italian and commented by the author. It includes a preface and an index of authors, including Dio, Xenophon, Quintus Curtius, Leonardo Aretinus, Poggio Fiorentino, Livy, and others. This collection is part of a 16th-century editorial trend that aimed to make ancient oratory and legal practices accessible to the public, using the vernacular to facilitate understanding.

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