Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 281
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
HERODIANUS. Historiarum libri VII. Greek text apart from title in Latin. [2], 441 pages. 16mo, 109x64 mm, 19th-century vellum boards by Belz-Niedrée, spine darkened, covers discolored; contents toned and soiled, few early marginalia, dark stain in lower margin of last several leaves, catalogue cutting tipped to front pastedown, later owners' notes on endleaf before title. Hoffmann II, 222. Basel: Johann Walder, circa 1534-35?

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History of the Roman Empire from 180 to 238, written in the mid-3rd century, first published in Latin in 1493, and in the original Greek in 1503. Hoffmann II, 222; Sarton I, 326.