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DIONYSIUS Halicarnassensis

Antiquitatum sive originum Romanarum libri X.
+ Chronologia

Basel
Froben
1532 (mense martio)

€500 - €700

In-folio, [8] + 539 + [40] + [32] pp. Woodcut printer's device on title page and on last page. Tear without loss repaired in p. 233. Otherwise a very good copy. Modern binding in half leather, marbled boards

Ref. Adams D-629 ; VD16 D 1970. Edited by Henricus Glareanus, authorative translation from Greek to Latin by Lampo (or Lampugnino) Birago (died 1472). Glareanus (1488-1563) was a lifelong friend of Erasmus. Dionysius' was born c. 60 BC and died after 7 BC. His major work, entitled 'Roman Antiquities', embraced the history of Rome from the mythical period to the beginning of the First Punic War

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