Justinus, Marcus Junianus, Epitome in Trogi Pompeii Historias. 1519. 2°. Paris: Antoine Aussourd, for Nicolas Des Prez and Jean Petit.

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13 May 1519
Justinus, Marcus Junianus.
[Epitome in Trogi Pompeii Historias.]
Iustini historici clarissimi Epitome in Trogi Pompeii Historias.
[Paris]: Vęneunt in Aedibus Ioannis Parui. [Colophon 1:] Impressit Antonius Aussurdus, Ad Idus Maias M.D.XIX. [Colophon 2:] Impressit Antonius Aussurdus, impensis Ioannis Parui, Octauo Calend. Iulias, Anno supra millesimum .D.XIX. [1519].
2°: A–Q⁶ R⁴ S⁸.
Printed in Paris by Antoine Aussourd for Jean Petit, with the title-page compartment of Nicolas Des Prez.
In a preliminary letter to Antoine Aussourd, dated ‘Lutetie, Nonis Quintilibus. M.D.X.I.X.’ (7 July 1519), Pierre Danès states that he prepared the edition using a 300-year-old manuscript in the library of the collège de Lisieux.
Imprimeurs parisiens and Inventaire chronologique wrongly interpret the colophon date as 7 July, instead of 24 June.
The title-page compartment Renouard 233 is stated to belong to N. Des Prez, who is not however named in the imprint or colophons.
Signature pattern: ‘$.i.’–‘$.iij.’.
Catchword pattern: none.
Types: Rcaps 9B (mm); R6 (104mm); R16 (78mm).
Initials: 19; 22; 24; 40.
Devices: Renouard 890 (J. Petit).
Lombards: 10.0.
Illustrations: Compartment of N. Des Prez (Renouard 233).
Adams J720.
Inventaire chronologique 1519, no. 2110.
Imprimeurs parisiens ii, no. 590.
[IS000759]586.i.4(1).