[Greek Title].Rerum Romanarum a Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae, Epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino. [BOUND WITH:] DIO CASSIUS. Dionis Nicaei, rerum Romanarum A Pompeio Magno, ad Alexandrum Mamaeae filium Epitome, Ioanne Xiphilino authore, & Guilielmo Blanco Albiensi interprete…

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4to. pp. 357, [3]; 3 p.l., 280, [10]index. Greek & Latin texts. woodcut devices on titles (Renouard 471 & 296). woodcut ornaments & initials. 18th century calf, rebacked, all edges gilt (binding worn but solid, crack in spine, occasional light embrowning & marginal stains). First Edition of the abridgment of Dio Cassius by the younger Joannes Xiphilinus, bound, possibly as issued, with Guillaume Leblanc s Latin translation of same. Estienne s name does not appear on the title-page to the second title. These works complement Estienne s 1548 folio edition of Dio Cassius. Xiphilinus 11th century epitome of the roman history is the only source for Dio s lost books 61 to 80 (see Schreiber). The first text is printed in the first font of the grecs du roi , and is based on a manuscript in the Royal Library. It is also one of the last Greek texts to carry Estienne s Paris imprint. Mortimer, Harvard French 16th Century Books, 170-171. Adams D515 (2nd part). Schreiber 108 (1st part). Renouard p. 80, nos. 8 & 9. Seller Inventory # elala417

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