Author: Iustinus & M Zuerii Boxhornii [ Justinus, Marcus Junianius & Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius ]
Title: Ivstinvs Ex M Zverii Boxhornii Recensione. [ Historiarum Philippicarum libri XLIV ]
Description: Apud Baba 1644, Venetiis [ Venice ], 1657, reprint. Printers boards, VG. engraved title, [viii]+419+[7]pp, corner of the penultimate printed page torn away just below the text, edges un trimmed, text clean & bright with just the occasional yellowing to the paper. A nice copy, unbound & still in the printers boards. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Justin's Historiae Philippicae with annotations & conjectures by the Dutch scholar from the University of Lieden, Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn [ 1612 - 1653 ] based upon his reading of a MS at Lieden. The text of the Historiarum is that of the French scholar & diplomat Jacques Bongars [ 1554 - 1612 ] which was first published in 1581. Ebert noted that Bongar's edition was a 'careful collation of 10 MSs & 3 editions'. Justin - Roman historian about whom little is know. His fame lies with this one work, an abridgement of the lost Historiae Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs, written by Pompeius Trogus. Graesse III 513 & Ebert 11143 ( for the 1638 edition ).

Keywords: roman history, classics, ancient history, justin, trogus,