[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Nepos' Lives edited by Lambin. Paris: 1569

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Nepos, Cornelius. ...LIBER DE VITA EXCELLENTIUM IMPERATORUM... Nunc Primum in Lucem Editus. Paris: Olivia Petri L'Huillier. 1569. 4to. (36),700pp. Index. Woodcut device on title. Cont. vellum, soiled. Spine with a 1-1/2" vertical crack. Title page somewhat soiled at top, and text with occasional marginal water stains. This copy is entirely ruled in red.	$1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition to be edited by the great French classical scholar Denis Lambin (1520-1572). Nepos's LIVES was previous to Lambin's 1569 edition, thought to be written by Aemilius Probus. Adams N166. BL French STC p. 323.


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