ANNAEI FLORI EPITOME RERUM ROMANARUM. CUM NOTIS INTEGRIS CL. SALMASII, & SELECTIS VARIORUM. ACCEDUNT JO. GEORGII GRAEVII, ANNOTATIONES LONGE AUCTIORES & CORRECTIORES; NEC NON NUMISMATA ET ANTIQUA MONUMENTA, QUIBUS ILLUSTRATUR HIC SCRIPTOR. CUM VARIANTIBUS LECTIONIBUS & INDICE. IN FINE ADDITUS EST L. AMPELIUS EX BIBLIOTHECA CL. SALMASII.
Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. Thick 8vo [20.5 by 12.5 cm], contemporary full vellum over stiff boards; sides paneled in blind with gilt floral sprays at the interior corners and a central gilt lozenge; flat spine lettered in ink. Finely engraved historiated title by Romain de Hooghe, with minor light tinting; printed title in red and black with a finely engraved vignette; 11 printed leaves; 672, (4), 561–588, (108), 46 pages; woodcut headpieces and initials; folding facsimile of an inscription printed in red and black; 30 finely engraved plates, mainly depicting ancient Roman coins. Minor discoloration and spotting to binding, which lacks ties; title page with effaced ink notations; contents generally near fine with occasional browning or spotting. Very good or better. Item #7974
A scarce, numismatically augmented edition of the second century author’s panegyric history of Rome based heavily on Livy. Edited by Johann Georg Graevius (1632–1703) with additional content by Claude Saumaise (1588–1653). Dekesel G125 (under Graevius). Graesse II.605 (under Florus). Hirsch 41 (under Flori, listing only the 1702 edition). Lipsius 129 (under Flori).
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