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THEOPHYLACTUS SIMOCATTA. Qua reperiri potuerunt omnia. (Transl.) J. Kimedoncios (Heidelberg), Ex Off. Comelianiana, 1598-99. 2 parts in 1 vol. (16), 115, (1); 112 pp. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides, dec. gilt back, gilt centerpiece on both sides, sides ruled in gilt. (Ties fail, name entry erased from ti., slightly browned/foxed).
First edition of the collected writings of a 7th-century Byzantine historian, which include a work on natural curiosities and wonders, and an early occidental account of China. - Text in Greek & Latin. Hoffmann III, 544; VD16 T 946-47 ; Adams T-610-11.€ 400
result € 600
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