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DIO CASSIUS

Historiae Romanae quae supersunt. Cum annot. H. Valesii (&) I.A. Fabricii. Varias lectiones notas doct. et suas cum apparatu et indicibus adiecit H.S. Reimarus

Hamburg
C. Heroldus
1750-1752

€180 - €300

2 vol. in-folio (42 x 26 cm), xxix, (1), 767; (6), 769-1708 pp. Parallel text in Greek and Latin. With 2 engraved portraits (Fabricius & Reimarus) and 1 large engraved headpiece. 19th c. English leather bindings, arms and monogram in gilt on upper and lower covers (SMM), all hinges broken, all edges gilt, marbled end-lvs

Ref. Dibdin I, 506-07: "One of the most splendid and truly critical editions (...)", and "one of the most correct and valuable Greek books ever published: the notes contain a treasure of erudition." - Schweiger II, 93. Reimarus' reputation as a scholar rests on the valuable edition of Dio Cassius (1750-52) which he prepared from the materials collected by Johann Andreas Fabricius

Greek History