Suetonius, De vita .XII. Caesarum. 1508. 8°. Lyon: Balthazar de Gabiano

3 October 1508

Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122.

Caii Suetonii Tranquilli de vita .XII. Caesarum.

[Lyon]: [pr. by B. de Gabiano]. [Colophon:] exaratus Lugduni:, anno .M.cccccviij. Die uero .iij. octobris [1508].

8°: a–y⁸.

Printed in Lyon with typographical material associated with Balthazar de Gabiano.

Not an Aldine counterfeit.

The preliminary letter mentions ‘Balthasari calcographo Lugdunen.’ and gives the print run as 1,000 copies.

Signature pattern: ‘$’–‘$iiij’.

Catchword pattern: quire.

foliation.

Types: It6 (79mm; IIA).

Initials: spaces and guide letters.

Baudrier, vii, 23.

David J. Shaw, ‘The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus’s italic type: a new chronology’, In: The Italian book 1465–1800: Studies presented to Dennis E. Rhodes on his 70th birthday, British Library, 1993, 117–133, no. 29.

von Gültlingen, i, Gabiano, no. 39.

[IS001616]

G.9053.