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HERODIANUS

Historiarum libri VIII Graece pariter et Latine

Venice
heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano
(1524, Sept.)

€700 - €900

"8vo, [2] - 92- 98 ff, first part in Greek, second part in Latin translation by Angelico Poliziano. Initial spaces with guide-letters. Printer's device (Aldine anchor) on title and on last page. Washed copy; Brown morocco, with gilt tooling, signed by Bedford, all edges gilt, one corner slightly bumped"

"Ref. Renouard p. 98, n°2 ; Adams H-377. ""The History of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius"" is Herodianus' only known work, it is an important contemporary source following the period of Marcus Aurelius death, one of the most chaotic and dark ages of the Roman Empire, with tyrants, civil wars and barbarian invasions"

Humanism