Author: SIGONIUS, C.
Title: De Republica Hebreorum.
Description: Medioburgi, Apud Guilielmum Goeree, 1678. 12mo. W. engr. title. Contemp. full clf., spine elaborately gilt, w. lightbrown titleshield. (Lower outer hinge a small imperf. due to a wormh; lower covers ome further scratches; upper outer hinge some rubbing.). (19th c. recasing and idem (light green) head-bands; (19th c.) paste paper endpapers contemp. w. recasing.). (Recasing well executed.). [A-Z8, Aa-Pp8, Qq4]. (565, I (blank), L (index) pp.). (All edges speckled.). Carlo Sigonius (c1524 - 1584) Italian humanist and historiographer. A much valued edition of his complete works was published as late as 1732 - 1737 in 6 folio volumes by Argelati. Still sought after today. Sigonius' fame rests chiefly on his publications on Greek and Roman antiquities, for which he gathered his material in situ in many archives and libraries. Here his publication on the history of the Jewish people, first published 1582, 1583 and in an unaltered page by page reprint in 1585.

Keywords: Middle Ages diplomacy respublica hebraica judaica Vilid humanism historiography