[Rarebooks] FS: 1st Italian trans. of one of the earliest texts on Babylon. Venice: 1550

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Berosus, the Chaldean.   I CINQUE LIBRI DE ANTICHITA DE BEROSO, Sacerdote 
Caldeo. Con Lo Commento di Giovanni Annio di Viterbo... Tradotti Hora pur in 
Italiano per Pietro Lauro, Modenese. Venice: Baldissera Constantine. 1550. 8vo. 
ff.(10),295,(1). With the final leaf of colophon. Woodcut printer’s device on 
title pasted over with the copper engraved arms (approx. 2” x 2”) of a previous 
early owner. Early vellum, morocco spine label.     $1,250.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
The first Italian translation of one of the earliest texts on Babylonian 
history. Also included are a collection of fragments purporting to be the work of 
Greek and Latin writers in Italian translation, first published in Rome in 
1498 with commentary by Giovanni Nanni, who was probably the author himself. 
Adams B791.

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