1549 GREEK Herodian Roman Histories Commodus Marcus Aurelias Poliziano RARE

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Herodian’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!

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1549 GREEK Herodian Roman Histories Commodus Marcus Aurelias Poliziano RARE

 

Herodian’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
    • [40], 647, [1]
  • References: USTC 662227
  • Language: Greek / Latin in parallel
  • Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
  • Size: ~5.75in X 4.25in (14.5cm x 10.5cm)

 

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24825

Category

Classical Greco-Roman

Authors

HERODIAN

Printing Date

16th Century

Language

Latin

Binding

Vellum

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete