Rossi, Hieronvm Rvbei Historiarvm, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1572, seventeenth-century(?) vellum

Rossi, Girolamo. Hieronvm Rvbei Historiarvm ravennatvm Libri. Decem Cum Indice amplissimo. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1572

First edition.

Rossi’s history of Ravenna gives the most complete surviving description of the Church of St. John the Evangelist built by Galla Placidia (426) and its mosaics (pp.85-86), removed in 1568.

Folio (274 x 198 mm). Roman type, 34 lines plus headline. collation: ^πa⁶ A-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ AAa-ZZz⁴ AAAa⁴ a-b⁴ a-d⁴ e⁶ [f]² : 318 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Crease to Hh4 affecting a sliver of text, browning to a few leaves, intermittent light spotting.)

binding: Seventeenth-century vellum (284 x 206 mm), flat spine. (Small areas of worming to upper pastedown, covers very lightly soiled.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, ligated initials "J.S." on endpaper (eighteenth century). acquisition: Purchased from Bottega Apulja, Bari, 1984. references: UCLA 849; Renouard 215/11; Edit16 27477; USTC 853538