[Rarebooks] FS: One of the earliest texts on the history of Babylon. Venice: 1583

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Berosus, the Chaldean. LE ANTICHITA... Et d’Altri Scrittori, Cosi
Hebrei, Come Greci, & Latini che Trattano delle Stesse Materie
Tradotte... & Necessarie Annotationi, Illustrate, da M. Francesco
Sansovino. Venice: Presso Altobello Salicato. 1583. 4to. ff.(8),104.
Woodcut device on title. Old vellum, top of spine a bit wormed. Some
minor marginal worming, some old text soiling, and last 10 leaves with
a round stain (approx. 1” x 2”).   $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
The second Italian translation; the work of the important Italian
scholar Francesco Sansovino. One of the earliest texts on the ancient
history of Babylon. Adams F792.

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