Livy, History of Rome, Latin, Lee & Blanchard Ed. 1851, Books 1, 2, 21 & 22

"The Histories of Livy Patavini, Books I, II, XXI, and XXII". Original Latin text with English footnotes is based on Immanuel Bekker’s revision (Berlin, 1829). Prefaces in English by C.G. Zumpt, Berlin 1840; Introduction in English. Published by Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, PA, 1851.

Provenance:
"J.M. Fishburn" is pencil written on the front endpaper. According to the additional inked inscriptions on the front endpaper and the first blank page, the book was given to James Haynes by Mrs. Fishburn "as a memorial of her husband, Prof. J.M. Fishburn."

Hard boards, original embossed cloth [some wear and damages: see photos]; gold lettering on the front board and spine; 4.1/2" x 7", 8-page publisher’s catalog up-front + 313 pages + publisher's ads, antique book store label of 'R.C. Barclay's, Norfolk, Va.' inside front cover; a few page corner folds, some foxing, very good condition.

Titus Livius [64/59 BC - AD 12/17], known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita, "From the Founding of the City", covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. He was on familiar terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and even in friendship with Augustus, whose young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, he exhorted to take up the writing of history.

Livy's 'History of Rome' was in high demand from the time it was published and remained so during the early years of the empire. Pliny the Younger reported that Livy's celebrity was so widespread, a man from Cadiz travelled to Rome and back for the sole purpose of meeting him. Livy's work was a source for the later works of Aurelius Victor, Cassiodorus, Eutropius, Festus, Florus, Granius Licinianus and Orosius. Julius Obsequens used Livy, or a source with access to Livy, to compose his De Prodigiis, an account of supernatural events in Rome from the consulship of Scipio and Laelius to that of Paulus Fabius and Quintus Aelius.

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