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DION CASSIUS (vers 163 - vers 235)

Lot 26
19.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1505106
Lot 26 | DION CASSIUS (vers 163 - vers 235)
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€ 1 000 – 1 500
DION CASSIUS (vers 163 - vers 235)
Rōmaikōn istoriōn eikositria biblia. Dionis Romanarum historiarum libri XXIII, a XXXVI ad LVIII usque. Paris : Robert Estienne, 1548.

Exemplaire en grand papier de l'édition princeps, provenant de la bibliothèque Huth et avant, de celle d'Isaac Barrow. L'exemplaire a été décrit à deux reprises lors de son séjour dans la bibliothèque d'Henry Huth. En 1880, l'exemplaire présentait une reliure différente d'aujourd'hui. En effet, si le catalogue The Huth Library n'évoque pas les reliures des exemplaires, celui-ci était décrit comme présentant, sur un feuillet de garde, une marque de provenance tout à fait intéressante. Il provenait en effet de la bibliothèque du théologien, et mathématicien Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), qui fut professeur d'Isaac Newton : "Isaac Barrow. Oct. 27. 1652. Ex dono viri optimi, ac doctissimi Tutorisque mei observandissimi, D™ Jacobi Duport, S. T. B. & G. L. Professoris dignissimi."
Lorsque le livre fut vendu avec l'ensemble de la bibliohtèque de Huth, à partir de 1912, il arborait désormais la reliure de Francis Bedford, encore visible aujourd'hui. Comme l'indiquait le catalogue de la vente, il s'agissait bien du même exemplaire, le relieur n'ayant pas conservé le feuillet annoté (lot n°2396).
USTC : 149894 ; French Vernacular Books n°65031.

In-folio (346 x 230 mm). Bandeaux et lettrines. Devise de Robert Estienne au verso du feuillet 2t4. Reliure signée de Francis Bedford : maroquin chocolat, encadrements de filets à froid et dorés sur les plats, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées. (Rares taches et piqûres, exemplaire vraisemblablement lavé au moment de la reliure).
Provenance : marginalia d'un lecteur contemporain à plusieurs feuillets -- [Isaac Barrow (1630-1677)] -- Henry Huth (1815-1878 ; ex-libris ; The Huth library, II, p. 432 ; sa vente, 1912, lot n°2396).

Editio Princeps, the Huth copy. The copy used to sport, on the flyleaf, a note indicating it once belonged to the library of Isaac Barrow. The leaf was lost or discarded when Huth had the copy re-bound by Francis Bedford.
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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