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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Viri clarissimi Natalis Comitis Veneti, Universae historiae sui temporis, libri XXX : rerum toto terrarum orbe ab anno salutis nostrae MDXLV usque ad annum MDLXXXI gestarum. Nunc primum in Germania editi, et non solum singulorum librorum argumentis, ac marginalibus notis sententiosis exornati . : additis duobus indicibus locupletissimis, uno, quo nomina propria antiqua variorum locorum populorumq[ue] &c. explicantur, operi praemisso, altero, quo res memorabiles his in libris contentae indicantur, in calce operis adjecto \/ studio & opera Caspari Bitschii . Argentorati [Strasbourg, Germany], Sumptibus Lazari Zetzner, Bibliopol\u00E6, 1612. First German Edition. [48], 674, [21] p, full leather binding measures 14.25 x 9.25\", 4to. In fair condition. Full leather boards normally scuffed at edges and worn\/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine lacking (headbands intact); hinges beginning to crack at head and tail with some exposed binding. Gilt lettering and deco on spine overall bright and clean. Edges of text-block speckled red. Small water or tea dampness staining at bottom edge of title page. Normal toning and age-staining through text-block. Small ink stain on fore-edge of page 75. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Printer Lazare Zetzner (1551-1616) became famous as a publisher of alchemical material. His multi-volume compendium, the Theatrum chemicum, exploited early modern interest in medieval alchemy. The year 1629 saw a break in the stagnation when Lazare Zetzner, a Strasbourg editor and printer, got fed-up with printing the letter U as V and manufactured a type set for the capital letter U. Five years later, he joined in the effort to produce typeset for the letter J. Nevertheless, printing in the 26 Letter alphabet didn\u0092t become standard practice until the early years of the 18th century. Natale Conti or Latin Natalis Comes, also Natalis de Comitibus and French No\u00EBl le Comte (1520 \u0096 1582), was an Italian mythographer, poet, humanist and historian. His major work Mythologiae, ten books written in Latin, was first published in Venice in 1567 and became a standard source for classical mythology in later Renaissance Europe. It was reprinted in numerous editions; after 1583. By the end of the 17th century, his name was virtually synonymous with mythology: a French dictionary in defining the term mythology noted that it was the subject written about by Natalis Comes. 1st German Edition. Zetzner imprint (type set Capital letter U). RAREE1612FTVX - 08\/25 - HK2567.