Lot 1030
1030
DELFT -- AURELIUS VICTOR. Historiae Romanae breviarium (&) De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum excerpta (...). Ill. (...) A. Schotti, D. Machanei, (etc.), comm. integris. Contextum rec., (etc.), S. Pitiscus. Utrecht, F. Holman & G. v.d. Water, 1696. 2 in 1 vol. (42), 434, (74), 168, (27) pp. W. engr. front., ti. engr., 1 full-p. engr. & num. small engr. coins, portrs., etc. in the text. Cont. marbled cf. w. gilt coat of arms of Delft on both sides. (Rebacked, prize and ties fail, corners bumped/dam., a bit browned/foxed).
First appearance of this celebrated variorum edition. The frontispiece is probably made by R. de Hooghe or by his disciple Schoonebeek. Dibdin I, 342-3: "This is not only a rare book and elegantly printed, but it ranks among the best edited of the Variorum Classics in 8vo."; Schweiger II, 1136; Spoelder, 530 (Delft 5).€ 200
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