| Annotation | Decorated initials. On page1 (A1): "Et traduit d'Italien en langue Françoise par F. De Belle Forest, Commingeois". Includes index ('Table des noms et choses ...') With 12 laudatory poems, by Justus Lipsius and others. Typographical title page, with coat of arms of the author on verso, and motto 'Neqvid nimis'. With foreword by the author, dated 1566. Signatures: [†]², ††⁶, A-Z⁶, a-s⁶, t-x⁴. According to Tiele, this translation was made by F. de Belle Forest from the 2nd Italian Plantin edition of 1581, and is superior to the translation from 1567. According to Voet, this is the cheaper edition with only one map ('pour ne charger de coust ceux qui ne voudront ou qui n'auront le moyen de les achapter' [from title page]). Voet, L. Plantin Press, 1555-1589, Tiele, P.A. Nederlandsche bibliographie van land- en volkenkunde, 1279 423 (cf.) | Translate
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