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147766848One of the Earliest Examples of a Venetian Woodcut Border APPIAN OF ALEXANDRIA. Historia romana. And: De bellis civilibus. Venice: Bernard Maler Pictor Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Lˆslein 1477. First complete edition of AppianÃs Roman history De bellis civilibus had been printed by Vindelinus de Spira in 1472. Two parts in one volume. Large quarto 11 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches; 286 x 206 mm. 131 of 132 lacks initial blank; 212 leaves. Roman type thirty-two lines printed marginalia. Two full-page white-vine woodcut title borders the first use of each border five- and nine-line white-on-black woodcut initials all hand-colored in this copy. Ruled in red throughout headlines supplied in red some paragraph marks supplied in red and blue. Early ink pagination in lower margin. The lower part of c1 verso and all of c2 recto have been left blank intentionally to correspond with a lacuna of one folio in AppianÃs manuscript with a printed marginal note to that effect. Modern antique-style vellum over boards. Gilt spine with brown morocco label. The binding is signed: ìBound for William Brown Edinburgh.î Leaf a2 reinforced at gutter. Recto of first leaf and verso of last leaf soiled some dampstains and light foxing or spotting. Three repaired tears in gutter of final leaf. From the Library of John A. Saks with his bookplate. Early ink signature in armorial medallion of Part I title border: ìRober/ti Koe/nigsman/ni/1627/12 Cal./April.î Effaced arms on Part II title border. Overall an excellent copy. An excellent copy of the third book from RatdoltÃs press at Venice. These volumes represent the earliest example of the use of a fully-developed woodcut border in a Venetian book. RatdoltÃs first border a three-sided simple black-on-white title designed for the Calendarium of 1476 is composed of fairly conventional plants growing out of vases. The borders for the Historia romana and De bellis civilibus by contrast are scrolling white vines and acanthus leaves full and lush black-on-white in some copies red-on-white with a medallion for the ownerÃs arms in the lower edge. RatdoltÃs initial letters which replaced the illuminated or rubricated initials are also of the utmost importance in the history of book-decoration see Hind A History of Woodcut II pp. 459-462. BMC V p. 244. Goff A-928. GW 2290. Hain 1307. Polain 284. Proctor 4367 4368. HBS 66848. $25000 Bernard Maler, Erhard Ratdolt and Peter Lˆslein hardcover books