[CLASSICS - DIPLOMATICS]. A group of three classical works i...

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[CLASSICS - DIPLOMATICS]. A group of three classical works in sixteenth-century editions, together with the first edition of Scipione Maffei's Istoria diplomatica.
An interesting collection of humanist and antiquarian editions, together with the Istoria diplomatica of Scipione Maffei (1675-1755), a fundamental work in the development of eighteenth-century historical scholarship and the critical study of documentary sources.

DEMOSTHENES (384-322 BC); AESCHINES (390-314 BC). Demosthenis et Aeschinis orationes atque epistolae. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, 1553. First and second parts (of 4) bound in one volume, 8vo (185 × 120 mm). Early 19th-century half leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Provenance: Ex bibliotheca Philippi Xaverii Fanelli , ownership inscription on title-page. [IN LOT WITH:] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Sententiae insigniores, Apophthegmata, Parabolae, seu Similia, atque eiusdem aliquot piae sententiae. Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1558. 12mo (120 × 70 mm). Printer's device on title-page (repaired wormtrack to first leaves). Nineteenth-century half leather, spine lettered in gilt. [WITH:] FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus (1st-2nd century AD). Decadum XIII Titi Livii Patavini epitome. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1548. 8vo (125 × 175 mm). Printer's device on title-page (browned). Eighteenth-century half vellum. [AND:] MAFFEI, Scipione (1675-1755). Istoria diplomatica che serve d'introduzione all'arte critica in tal materia. Mantua: Alberto Pazzoni (Tumermani), 1727. 4to (255 × 190 mm). Engraved vignette on title-page; 4 folding plates, one printed on both sides. Contemporary binding with leather spine, lettered and decorated in gilt (minor defects). The lot is sold not subject to return and has not been collated. (4)