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Las quatorze decadas by Tito Livio
Book printed at German Jorge Coci's Zaragoza workshop in 1520. It is illustrated with a lot of wooden cuts.
Las quatorze decadas de Tito Livio hystoriador de los Romanos: trasladadas agora nueuamente de latin en nuestra legua Castellana. La primera: tercera y quarta enteras según en latin se halla: y las otras onze segu la abreuiacio de Lucio Floro está considerado como la obra maestra de la imprenta española del siglo XVI.
(Las quatorze decadas by Tito Livio Roman historian: They were again translated from Latin into our Spanish language. The first, third and fourth are completely in Latin and the other eleven, according to Lucio Floro abbreviation, are considered a master piece of 16th century Spanish printing press production )
The outstanding conservation status of the copy under the custody of University Library gives it an exceptional value as there are very few complete printings of such work.
