Roman History, first edition in English, 1609
Heading: (Adam Islip)
Author: Ammianus Marcellinus
Title: The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed by Adam Islip
Date Published: 1609
Description: [4], 432, [70] pp. Translated by Philemon Holland. Includes Annotations and Conjectures at rear with the Chronologie to Ammianus Marcellinus. (Folio) 29x18.5 cm (111/2x71/4"), early dark mottled calf decorated in gilt, modern rebacking with raised bands, morocco label to spine lettered in gilt. First Edition in English.
Early ownership inscriptions to title page. With the exception of Procopius, Ammianus Marcellinus's Res Gestae represents the last major history surviving from antiquity. Perhaps the rarest of Holland's translations. Holland himself is considered the greatest Elizabethan translator of the classics. ESTC S114268; STC 17311.
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Heading: (Adam Islip)
Author: Ammianus Marcellinus
Title: The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed by Adam Islip
Date Published: 1609
Description: [4], 432, [70] pp. Translated by Philemon Holland. Includes Annotations and Conjectures at rear with the Chronologie to Ammianus Marcellinus. (Folio) 29x18.5 cm (111/2x71/4"), early dark mottled calf decorated in gilt, modern rebacking with raised bands, morocco label to spine lettered in gilt. First Edition in English.
Early ownership inscriptions to title page. With the exception of Procopius, Ammianus Marcellinus's Res Gestae represents the last major history surviving from antiquity. Perhaps the rarest of Holland's translations. Holland himself is considered the greatest Elizabethan translator of the classics. ESTC S114268; STC 17311.
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