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Justin, Junianus: Iustini Historiarum Ex Trogo Pompeius Libri XLIV Ex review Isaaci Vossii. Editio vltima prioribus longe correctior Lugduni : sumptibus Claudij Bourgeat, sub signo Mercurij Galli, 1670

Format in-12ยฐ, mm. 120x65, pp. 322. Complete text (the last 2 blank pages are missing). Contemporary full parchment binding with 4 ribs, handwritten title on the spine (faded) and on the lower edge. Title page with woodcut vignette (light water stain), occasional foxing and light stains. Present handwritten ex libris in old Indian ink on the front flyleaf.

Old edition printed in Lyon (Lugduni) in 1670 by Cloude Bourgeat. The Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus by the 2nd-century Roman writer Justin is a summary of the Augustan historian Pompeius Trogus's long work, the Historiae Philippicae, which has not survived. Justin's Epitome is the only surviving source for Trogus's original work.

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