Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii historiis externis libri xxxxiiii.

Lyon, Seb. Gryphius, 1551. With woodcut printer's mark on title, elaborate woodcut initials, Gryphius Griffon devise on last page verso. Printed in Italics. 313, (27) pp. 8vo. 18th-century leather (rebacked), blind library stamp on first and last leaf. From the collection of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (lot 7007 in his sale, 1882). Lyon, Seb. Gryphius, 1551. Rare edition of the Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' "Historiae Philippicae", the only version in which this text exists. The original text, in forty-four books, was a general history of the world concentrating on the Macedonian Empire founded by Philip II and the Hellenistiic kingdoms. ut began with Ninus, the founder of Nineveh, and ended about A.D. 9. Apart from the Epitome by Justinus (3rd century), we possess summaries of the forty-four books, and fragments in other writings. It is still considered, even in this abridged state, an important authority for ancient history, including ethnographical and geographical digressions. This edition includes a.o., the fine introductory essay "De utilitate legendae historiae" by Simon Grynaeus (1493-1541). - Not in BN or Adams; cf. Graesse III, 513 (1590 ed.). CLASSICS ; HISTORY ;