"Rare White Vellum Folio, Amsterdam 1635. German Gothic: "romeynsche, Titum Livium"."
Exceptional and beautiful folio in white vellum, cold-framed covers, ribbed spine, handwritten upper title in ink; two-color title page for this copy of Livy's Roman History, illustrated with woodcuts of beautiful figures in the text, beautiful two-color title with large profile of Livy in vignette on the title; printed in Amsterdam by Dirck Pietersz. Anno 1635. A spectacular and magical book with its many very enigmatic and well-executed figures (inking and details)