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Online Book Auction #469

MEJIA (Pedro). HISTORIA Imperial y Cesarea. En Anvers. 1561.

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MEJIA (Pedro)
HISTORIA Imperial y Cesarea. En la qual en summa se contienen las Vidas y Hechos de todos los Cesares Emperadores de Roma, desde Julio Cesar hasta el Emperador Carlos Quinto: la qual compuso el Magnifico Cavallero Pero Mexia, vezino de Sevilla. Agora nuevamente impressa con tres Tablas muy copiosas. En Anvers: En Casa de la Biuda de Martin Nucio, 1561.

*4, A1 [de 6], B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Ppp6, Qqq2 [de 6]; [4], 366 pp.; 280 mm.

Esteemed edition of this esteemed work dealing with the history of the Roman Emperors. Pedro Mexia, a Seville native, born in 1497, was an important Spanish humanist and historian, very popular in Europe, mainly for his work “Silva de varia lección”, first printed in 1540 and which has seen many editions and translations.

¶ Palau, v. 5, p. 174