Herodotus. Historiae. Rome, Arnold Pannartz, 20.04.1475.... Lot 2

Herodotus. Historiae. Rome, Arnold Pannartz, 20.04.1475. In 2nd (327 x 218 mm); [246] papers.Spaces reserved for initials, some with guide letter (restorations, mostly with white lead to erase apostilles, woodworm holes to first papers and lower white margin of about 50 endpapers). Nineteenth-century binding in hazel-colored calfskin with gold friezes on plates and spine (lack of lower cap). Second Latin edition in Lorenzo Valla's translation edited by Giovanni Andrea Bussi.Arnold Pannartz together withConrad Sweynheymintroduced the technique of movable type printing for the first time inItaly.In 1473the company with Sweynheym dissolved, Pannartz continued the business in the Massimo's premises.