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Description:
1549 GREEK Herodian Roman Histories Commodus Marcus Aurelias Poliziano RAREHerodian's 'History of Rome' is a collection of eight books covering the period of the death of Marcus Aurelius to the beginning of Gordian III's reign. Herodian's account is first-person narrative of one of the most politically unsettled times of the Roman Empire. Important names covered in Herodian's 'History' include Commodus, Julianus, Severus, and Pertinax, as well as the history of Zosimus.
This 1549 Greek is incredibly rare and desirable. It features both the Latin and Greek translations by Poliziano. According to the USTC, there are only three examples in any institutional holding in American institutions! Very rare!
Item number: #24825
Price: $950
HERODIAN
Ηροδιανου ιστοριων βιβλια Η = Herodiani de Imperatorum Romanorum præclarè gestis libri VIII : Graeci & Latini
Basileae : Per Henrichum Petri, 1549.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [40], 647, [1]
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