Varii historiae Romanae scriptores, partim Graeci, partim Latini, in vnum velut corpus redacti, de rebus gestis ab urbe condita, usque ad imperii Constantinopolin translati tempora. Nomina eorum quos habes hîc autorum, proxime sequentes paginae te docebunt.
Henri Estienne (1531-1598)
Category
Books
Date
1568
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3202225
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. ; 8vo. Running number: 5686. Imperfect: vol. 3 only. Provenance: manuscript code on front fly-leaf. With occasional manuscript marginal annotations (e.g. p. 574) and underscoring of text in ink and pencil. Manuscript price on rear pastedown: "3tt." [i.e. 3 livres tournois]. Binding: sixteenth-century full calf; gilt single fillet border; gilt centrepiece stamp of an oval laurel wreath. Rebacked in sheepskin.
Makers and roles
Henri Estienne (1531-1598), editor Carlo Sigonio (1524-1584), author Suetonius (c.69-c.122) Eutropius (fl.4th century) Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c.19 BC – c.30 AD), Herodian (fl.AD 250) Giovanni Battista Egnazio (c.1478 - 1553) Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) Joannes Xiphilinus (1010 - 1075) Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c.310-c.395) Ammianus Marcellinus (c.330 - c.400) Henri Estienne (1531-1598), publisher