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(Histoire, Antiquité) - Ens. 2 ouvr. - AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS.- Rerum gestaru[m] libri xviii […]. Quanto vero castigatior hic scriptor nunc prodeat, ex Hieronymi Frobenii epistola, quam hac de causa addidimus, cognosces. Librum trigesimumprimum qui in exemplari Frobeniano non habetur, adiecimus ex codice Mariangeli Accursii. Parisis, ex officina Rob. Stephani, 1544 (xvi. Cal. Jun.). In-8° : 513 [i.e. 543] pp. (small foxing, very light marginal dampstains - large in the end of the vol. -, good condition). Modern pastiche binding in 16th century style : limp vellum with visible sewing, boards decorated with a blind fleuron in the center within a gilt fillet with small flower tools in the corners, flat spine, gilt edges (upper board distorted). Roman history originally composed of 31 books and covering the period from 96 to 378 but the first thirteen books having been lost, only survives the part concerning the year 353 until 378. This edition contains a preface by Froben from his edition of Basel 1533 and includes the book XXXI which was not in the 1533 edition. The historian Ammianus Marcellinus (c. 325/330-c. 391/400) served as soldier in the army of Constantinus II and Julian in Gaul and Persia. Printed in italics with Robert Estienne's device on the title-page. # Renouard 17; # Adams A-972; # Machiels A-318; # USTC 149245; # not in STC French nor in Soltész. JOINT : VELLEIUS PATERCULUS, Caius.- [Historiae Romanae]. Cum notis Gerardi Vossi G.F. Lugd. Batavorum [Leide], ex officina Elzeviriana, 1639, 2 parts in 1 vol. in-12°, contemporary red morocco (binding rubbed). FIRST EDITION with the commentary of Gerard Vossius; illustrated with an engraved title figuring Aeneas fleeing burning Troy with Anchisis and Ascianus (ms. contemporay caption added); two editions were published the same year, ours is the first issue with the dedication dated from Amsterdam 1639 "Pridie Kal. Majas"; # Willems 484; handwritten provenances : William or Gulielmus Walker and ex dono from Walker to James R. Grewan, 1860. ¶ Histoire romaine de l'un des plus importants historiens de l'Antiquité tardive. Rel. pastiche dans le style 16e s. en plein vélin (plat sup. bâillant). Avec les oeuvres de Velleius Paterculus jointes. Drouotlive.com Read more