Author: Cassius Dio (edited Io. Leunclavius)
Title: HISTORIAE ROMANAE LIBRI XLVI partim integri, partim mutili, partim excerpti. Io. Leunclavii studio tam aucti quam expoliti. Fragmenta priorum XXXIV amissorum, & posteriorum XX librorum. Notae Leunclavii, quibus Dionia plurima restituuntur. Adiectus index copiosissimus.
Description: Frankfurt, Andreas Wechel 1592 Emblematic woodcut to titlepage + Foliated headpiece to first leaf of Text. The last page of the Index repeats the emblem of the Titlepage . 8vo Blindstamped vellum on raised spine bands, covers a bit marked and with several small worm holes to both inside and outside of covers. Old ink titling to spine. Eight preliminary leaves including titlepage with privilege to verso of title + a multi-folding genealogical tree is followed by 1101 text pages with last page not numbered. The index is not paginated but consists of 105 pages + the verso of last page is a repeat of the emblem on the titlepage. This work includes a Latin translation of the existing works from year XXX which is however fragmented and followed by XXXVI - LXXX followed by pages 931 to 955 in parallel greek & latin by Dionise Prioribus & by Dionis Posteriorum XX to 1002. Pages 1003 - 1101 completes the text and is followed by an index of 106 pp. CONDITION: Front inner hinge split, fly leaf loose & damaged with partial inscription. Lacks the clasps to both covers , minor staining to edges and some to cover. A marginal wormhole and from page 1 to 19 a one centimeter track then becoming a small single hole. At the end of the book the last 12 leaves have a marginal worm track nowhere near to text. Front inner cover with signature of Benjamin Fahl 1782. To fly leaf is an incomplete note. Titlepage with signature Mathaes Klock J.C. Text clean and neat with sidenotes to most pages.

Keywords: Roman History


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