Sigonio, Fasti consulares, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1556, contemporary (Cologne?) brown calf over thick wooden boards

Sigonio, Carlo. Caroli Sigonii Fasti consulares, ac triumphi acti a Romulo rege vsque ad Ti. Caesarem. Eiusdem in fastos, et triumphos, idest in vniuersam Romanam historiam commentarius. Eiusdem de nominibus Romanorum liber [part 2:] Caroli Sigonii In fastos consulares, ac triumphos Romanos commentarius. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1556

[Bound with:] Manuzio, Paolo. Antiquitatum Romanarum Pauli Manutii liber de legibus. Index rerum memorabilium. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1557

A notable sammelband comprising two significant works on Roman history and antiquities, both printed by Paolo Manuzio.

Third edition of Sigonio’s list of the epigraphic fragments excavated on the Capitol, known as the Fasti Capitolini, here supplemented by his commentary. Paolo Manuzio’s Liber de legibus appeared in Venetian and Parisian editions in 1557, published by Manuzio himself in Venice and by Torresano in Paris (the Parisian edition offers a corrected text). Renouard identified two settings of the Venetian edition; this copy is the variant with five lines on the verso of folio LXXX (designated “Var. A” by Edit16).

2 works in one vol, folio (305 x 195 mm). (1) Roman type, 57 lines plus headline; (2) Roman type, 37 lines plus headline. collation: (1) aa-dd⁴ a-z⁴ A-S⁴ T²: 181 leaves (of 182, lacking final blank); (2) A-X⁴ Y²: 86 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-pages. (Intermittent light spotting, last two leaves of second work lightly toned.)

binding: Contemporary (Cologne?) brown calf over thick wooden boards (320 x 208 mm), blind fillets around sides, frame of floral blind rolls flanked by triple fillets extending to edges, inner frame of another floral roll flanked by fillets, central elongated rectangle formed by third floral roll, pronounced and exposed plaited vellum head and tail bands (Augsburg?), traces of clasps. (Edges and corners worn, rebacked, hinges reinforced.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, inscription "Guillaume Faubyois", of Douai on flyleaf (late 16^th century) — Jesuit college, Douai, inscription "Collegii Soc. Jesu. Duaci" on title-page (16-17^th century) — Lillian Barbour Bennett, ex libris. acquisition: Purchased from Leamington Book Shop, Washington DC, 1972. references: (1) UCLA 498; Renouard 169/16; Edit16 28012; USTC 856325; (2) UCLA 525; Renouard 172/18; Edit16 28025; USTC 840468