1664 1st ed LIVY Ab Urbe Condita History of ROME Augustus Caesar ELZEVIR 3v SET
Ab Urbe Condita Libri—often shortened to Ab Urbe Condita—is a monumental history of ancient Rome in Latin begun sometime between 27 and 25 BC by the historian Titus Livius, known in English as Livy. The Latin title can be literally translated as “Books since the city’s founding”. It is often referred to in English, however, as The History of Rome.
Titus Livius Patavinus (59 BC – AD 17)—known as Livy in English—was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people – Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Books from the Foundation of the City) – covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy’s own time.
1664 1st ed LIVY Ab Urbe Condita History of ROME Augustus Caesar ELZEVIR 3v SET
Ab Urbe Condita Libri—often shortened to Ab Urbe Condita—is a monumental history of ancient Rome in Latin begun sometime between 27 and 25 BC by the historian Titus Livius, known in English as Livy. The Latin title can be literally translated as “Books since the city’s founding”. It is often referred to in English, however, as The History of Rome.
Titus Livius Patavinus (59 BC – AD 17)—known as Livy in English—was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people – Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Books from the Foundation of the City) – covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy’s own time.
Main author: Livy.; Carlo Sigonio; Jacobus Gronovius
Title: Titi Livii Historiarum quod extat…T. Livii Patavini Historiarum ab Urbe Condita…
Published: Amstelodami, : apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, 1665/1664
Language: Latin
Notes & contents:
- 1st edition
- Famous Elzevir printing
- Illustrated title page
- Title page vignette
- Contents of tomes:
- Landing of Aeneas in Italy
- Founding of Rome by Romulus
- Conquest of the Republic by Gauls
- Samnite & Punic Wars
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Publisher: Amstelodami : Apud Danielem Elsevirium, 1679.
Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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Category
Classical Greco-Roman
Authors
Carlo Sigonio Jacobus Gronovius
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Vellum
Book Condition
Good
Collation
Complete