![[CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY] – POLYBIUS. Polybiou Tou Lykorta Historion Ta Sozomena[=printed in Greek characters]. Polybii Lycortae F. Historiarvm Qvae Svpersvnt [..]. Praefationem et Glossarivm Polybianvm adiecit Io. Avgvstvs Ernesti. [Vol. I-III].](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/13/CLASSICAL-ANTIQUITY-POLYBIUS-Polybiou-Tou-Lykorta-Historion-Ta-Sozomenaprinted-in-Greek-characters-Polybii-Lycortae-F-Histori_6410948e405f5-full-58744000_1678808206.jpg "[CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY] – POLYBIUS. Polybiou Tou Lykorta Historion Ta Sozomena[=printed in Greek characters]. Polybii Lycortae F. Historiarvm Qvae Svpersvnt [..]. Praefationem et Glossarivm Polybianvm adiecit Io. Avgvstvs Ernesti. [Vol. I-III].")
[CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY] – POLYBIUS. Polybiou Tou Lykorta Historion Ta Sozomena[=printed in Greek characters]. Polybii Lycortae F. Historiarvm Qvae Svpersvnt [..]. Praefationem et Glossarivm Polybianvm adiecit Io. Avgvstvs Ernesti. [Vol. I-III].
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Lipsiae[=Leipzig] [vol. I]/ Vindobonae[=Vienna] [vol. II-III], Apvd Io. Pavl. Kravsivm[=J.P. Krauss] [..], 1763-1764. 4 Parts in 3 vols. (incl. index). 8vo (ca. 20 x 12,5 cm.), late 18th-cent. unif. half-calf, gilt spine with red calf letterpiece.
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¶ Dibdin II, p. 353. Hoffmann III, p. 267. Moss II, p. 526 (“A very respectable and useful edition”). Complete set (printed in Leipzig by “Ex Officina Breitkopfiana”) of a rare 18th-cent. scholarly edition of the extant works by the Greek historian Polybius (ca. 200-ca. 118 BC) with parallel Greek text & Latin translation (by Isaac Casaubon) edited by the German philologist Johann August Ernesti (1707-1781) based on the editions by the German classical scholar Johann Friedrich Gronovius (1611-1671) & the French classical scholar Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614). Ex bibliotheca L.J.W. Smit (1905-1991) with his book-plate mounted on upper paste-down. Ex bibliotheca Dr. Maria Frederika Jongkees-Vos (1933-2018, Dutch archaeologist). – A few minor imperfections (2 small tickets in lower part of spines, bindings sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities, partly foxed/ browned), but nevertheless an attractively bound set in good condition.
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Lipsiae[=Leipzig] [vol. I]/ Vindobonae[=Vienna] [vol. II-III], Apvd Io. Pavl. Kravsivm[=J.P. Krauss] [..], 1763-1764. 4 Parts in 3 vols. (incl. index). 8vo (ca. 20 x 12,5 cm.), late 18th-cent. unif. half-calf, gilt spine with red calf letterpiece.
Footnote
¶ Dibdin II, p. 353. Hoffmann III, p. 267. Moss II, p. 526 (“A very respectable and useful edition”). Complete set (printed in Leipzig by “Ex Officina Breitkopfiana”) of a rare 18th-cent. scholarly edition of the extant works by the Greek historian Polybius (ca. 200-ca. 118 BC) with parallel Greek text & Latin translation (by Isaac Casaubon) edited by the German philologist Johann August Ernesti (1707-1781) based on the editions by the German classical scholar Johann Friedrich Gronovius (1611-1671) & the French classical scholar Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614). Ex bibliotheca L.J.W. Smit (1905-1991) with his book-plate mounted on upper paste-down. Ex bibliotheca Dr. Maria Frederika Jongkees-Vos (1933-2018, Dutch archaeologist). – A few minor imperfections (2 small tickets in lower part of spines, bindings sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities, partly foxed/ browned), but nevertheless an attractively bound set in good condition.
