Lot n° 54
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
CASSIUS (Dio)
Dionis Nicaei rerum Romanorum... - Lot 54 - Briscadieu
CASSIUS (Dio)
Dionis Nicaei rerum Romanorum a Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae, Epitome authore Joanne Xiphilino (Followed by) Dionis Nicaei rerum Romannarum, a Pompeio Magno, ad Alexandrum Mamaeae filiu, Ioanne Xiphilino authore, & Guilielmo Blanco Albiensi interprète. Lutetiae, Stephani, 1551.
In-4: 317pp. (3) (Greek text) - 3f., 280pp. 5f. (Latin translation), handwritten annotations in ink in margins, some passages underlined.
Later fawn calf (probably 18th century), pastiche spine rebound (20th century), brown title page, corners restored. Copy a little short of margins.
First edition of the abridgement of Dio Cassius by the young Joannes Xiphilinus, with the Latin translation by Guillaume Leblanc.
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