Sigonio, Romanorum fasti, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1555, eighteenth-century vellum

Sigonio, Carlo. Regum, consulum, dictatorum, ac censorum Romanorum fasti, vna cum triumphis actis, a Romulo rege, vsque ad Ti. Caesarem, Carolo Sigonio auctore. Eiusdem De nominibus Romanorum liber. Kalendarium vetus Romanum, e marmore descriptum: & Pauli Manutii De veterum dierum ordine opinio, eiusdemque interpretatio literarum, quae in kalendario non ita faciles ad intelligendum videbantur. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1555

Second edition of Sigonio’s commentary on the Fasti Capitolini, a reprint of the Modena 1550 edition, with an added work by Paolo Manuzio.

Folio (310 x 208 mm). Roman type, 69 lines plus headline. collation: A⁴ B-Q²: 34 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page and verso of last leaf, historiated initials, woodcut illustration of coins. (Small hole to upper outer corner of first two leaves, occasional light dampstaining, marginalia to C1 washed, marginal repair to hole on O2, P1-2.)

binding: Eighteenth-century vellum with red morocco title label (316 x 210 mm). (Tear to spine lower half of spine.)

provenance: Swann Galleries New York, 11 March 2004, lot 18. acquisition: Purchased at Swann via E.K. Schreiber. references: UCLA 495; Renouard 166/16; Edit16 28007; USTC 856323