The history of Dion Cassius abridg'd by Xiphilin . Containing the most considerable passages under the Roman emperors, from the time of Pompey the Great, ... In two volumes. Done from the Greek,
Cassius Dio Cocceianus (155 - 235)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3013507
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 8vo.. Former shelfmarks: Ii/3 (in pencil), Ii.9.23 (ink). Manuscript price on vol. 2 front pastedown: "0-7-0".. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754) in vol. 1: Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Manuscript inscription on title pages: "Jeff Gilbert" [i.e. Sir Geoffrey Gilbert (1674-1726), Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, whose library was sold at auction in Gray's Inn in 1728].. Binding: Eighteenth-century blind-panelled sprinkled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges; gilt fillets, title and vol. no. labels on spines.
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Cassius Dio Cocceianus (155 - 235)