FLORUS (Lucius Anneus): - Lucii Annæi Flori rerum Romanorum Libri IV, Ex Musæo Joh. Isaci Pontani. Accedunt Breves eiusdem Notæ atque observata, præsertim Politica.

Parisiis Apud viduam Claudii Thiboust et Petrum Esclassan Jurat Bibliop. Jurasum, nec-non Univers. Paris. Ord. via D. Joan. Later. e regione Auditorii Regii 1671 Small 8vo, 113 x 58 mms., pp. [4], 5 - 144 [145 - 170 notes], including engraved title-pages, which is dated 1672, contemporary calf, with gilt fleur-de-lys in centre of each cover and at four corners of binding and on spine, red leather label; binding worn, with joints cracked, top and base of spine chipped, and corners very worn, marbled paste-down end-papers, inscription on recto of front paste-down end-paper obscured at early state. Florus (there is some uncertainty about his exact name) compiled his epitome of Roman history from Livy. Early scholar-printers, e. g., Aldus, Vinetus, Salmasisu, Freinsheim, Graevius, and Duker were instrumental in establishing the text from extant manuscripts. Florus' text was popular for generations and used as a text well into the 19th century as an introduction to the history of Rome, despite a style which was said to be bombastic and belletristic. Copac and WorldCat record various copies with Simon Benard named as publisher on the title-page, but not this printing, which is clearly a different setting, as the Benard imprint is 187 pages.

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