Author: JUSTINUS:
Title: Historiae Philippicae. Ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii. Cum ejusdem Castigationibus. His accedunt integrae notae Jacobi Bongarsii, Francisci Modii, Matthiae Bernecceri, Isaaci Vossii, Tanaquilli Fabri, Joannis Vorstii, & Joannis Schefferi.
Description: Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden), apud Jacobum Hackium (Haak), 1683, in-8vo, titre gravé + 33 ff. + 656 p. + 61 ff., ex-libris 'J. B. Eeckelaert Beverensis' sur 1er contre-plat, reliure en plein veau (XVIIe s.), dos à nerfs orné à l'or, pièce de titre détachée, gardes en papier dominoté, coiffe inf. avec petit manque de cuir, sinon bel exemplaire. ¶ Edition with the notes of many commentators and considered one of the better scholarly texts. Justinus, Roman historian, probably lived during the age of the Antonines. His 'Historiarum Philippicarum' libri XLIV is a collection of the most important and interesting passages from the voluminous 'Historiae Piilippicae et totius mundi origines et terrae situs',written in the time of Augustus by Pompeius Trogus. The work of Trogus is lost; but the prologi or arguments of the text are preserved by Pliny and other writers. Although the main theme of Trogus was the rise and history of the Macedonian monarchy, Justin yet permitted himself considerable freedom of digression, and thus produced a capricious anthology instead of a regular epitome of the work. As it stands, however, the history contains much valuable information. The style, though far from perfect, is clear and occasionally elegant. The book was much used in the middle ages, when the author was sometimes confounded with lustin Martyr. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Schweiger I/491.

Keywords: history histoire Near East Proche-Orient, Near East, Nahe Osten roman period e-romaine antiquity period e-antiquité Gouwen, G. van