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APPIANUS (ca 100-ca 170). Romanarum historiarum , in Greek. Edited by Robert and Charles Estienne. Paris: Charles Estienne, 1551.
APPIANUS (ca 100-ca 170). Romanarum historiarum , in Greek. Edited by Robert and Charles Estienne. Paris: Charles Estienne, 1551. 2 o (328 x 211 mm). Claude Garamond's Greek type ( grecs du roi ) in three sizes. Printer's woodcut device on title (Schreiber B2), ornamental woodcut head-pieces and initials. (Title with small paper flaw in upper right corner, some occasional pale marginal soiling.) Early-18th-century calf for CHARLES-HENRI, COMTE D'HOYM, his arms in the center of both covers (Olivier 672.1), spine in seven compartments elaborately gilt, one with red morocco lettering piece (splits at ends of joints, some rubbing). Provenance : Count Hoym (d. 1736, binding), plenipotentiary of August II, elector of Saxony and King of Poland, to the French Court; acquired from R&D Emerson, 1979. EDITIO PRINCEPS, the first classical work printed in all three sizes of Garamond's grecs du roi type, one of a series of Greek texts printed by the Estiennes from manuscripts in the royal library. The Estienne Appianus is generally considered the best example of the use of the Royal Greek types. According to Updike, the volume is "one of the most exquisite books printed from these fonts" ( Printing Types ). The elegant headpieces and initials are attributed to Geoffro' Tory. Adams A-1340; Mortimer French 29; Schreiber Estiennes 126.