QUAE SUPERSUNT EX LIBRO DE PRODIGIIS
by OBSEQUENS, JULIUS
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1720. OBSEQUENS, JULIUS. QUAE SUPERSUNT EX LIBRO DE PRODIGIIS. Leyden, Samuel Luchtmans, 1720. Octavo. [lxiv]216[56]pp. With notes by Johannes Scheffer, a supplement by Conrad Lycosthenes, and edited by Francesco Oudendorp. Red and black title with woodcut of Athena. A history of omens and prodigies (wolves on the Capitoline, rivers running blood, moans and tremors in the earth, bits knocked off temples by lightning, etc.) in the later Roman Republic, and the historical events accompanying them. Obsequens was a fourth-century historian who used Livy as a source, and, like Julian the Apostate, hoped for a return to Paganism. Publisher's catalogue at the end. Some light dampstaining, mostly marginal, and flyleaf clipped. Otherwise fine in vellum boards, somewhat soiled, and speckled edges. (Not in OCLC).
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- Boston Book Company (US)
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- Title
- QUAE SUPERSUNT EX LIBRO DE PRODIGIIS
- Author
- OBSEQUENS, JULIUS
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Date Published
- 1720
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...