Author
Florus, Lucius Annaeus
Uniform title
Epitome rerum Romanarum
Title
L. Annæi Flori Epitome rerum Romanarum / ex recensione Jo. Georgii Graevii, cum ejusdem annotationibus longe auctioribus. Accessere notæ integræ Cl. Salmasii, Jo. Freinshemii, & variorum. Nec non numismata et antiqua monumenta in hac nova editione, suo cuique loco inserta. Cum variantibus lectionibus & indice. In fine additus est L. Ampelius ex bibliotheca Cl. Salmasii. Tomus I..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Epitome rerum Romanarum
Varying form of title
L. Annaei Flori Epitome rerum Romanarum
Imprint
Amstelædami, : Apud Georgium Gallet., M.DCCII. [1702]
Physical description
2 v. ([24], 533, [3]; [2], 242, [100], 46, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates) : ill. ; 20 cm (8vo)
Note
Both volumes have added engraved title-pages dated 1703. Title of added engraved t.p. to vol. 1 ("J: Goeree del: et fec:") reads: "L. A. Florus, cum notis J. G. Graevii et variorum novisque additionibus et monumentis antiquis"; title of added engraved t.p. to vol. 2 ("R. de Hooghe inv: et fec:") reads "L. Annaei Flori Res Romanae cum notis Joan. Georg. Graevii, et variorum".
Note
Title pages to both vols. printed in red and black.
Note
Title varies. Title to vol. 2 reads "L. Annaei Flori Epitome altera rerum Romanarum ... Tomus II".
Note
"Lucius Ampelius ex bibliotheca Cl. Salmasii" (46 p. at end of vol. 2) has divisional half-t.p. and begins new pagination; register continuous.
Note
Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.
Note
Woodcut title vignette (device?) on t.p.s to both vols., head- and tailpieces.
Note
Folded plate between pp. 156 and 157 of vol. 1 printed in red and black.
Note
Signatures: vol. 1: *⁸ (*3-5 signed *2-4) 2*⁴ A-2K⁸ 2L⁴ (2L4 blank) -- vol. 2: A-2A⁸ 2B⁴ (A3-5 signed A2-4; 2B4 blank).
Note
Includes index.
Provenance
Inscriptions in ink on verso of title page of vol. 1, on verso of plate, and on final printed page of vol. 2: "Bryan Bentha ejus liber 1731".
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.” pasted over Oriel College bookplate of Herbert Hawes.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
18th-century sprinkled and plain calf over boards; sewn on four supports; blind fillets and rolls forming three concentric rectangular frames on boards, with blind stamps at outer corners of middle frame; spine with five raised bands, horizontal blind fillets; red leather spine label with "L. Flori Hist. Variorum"; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Both volumes bound together. Vol. 1 wanting final blank leaf.
Subject
Livy Ab urbe condita.
Subject
Rome (Place) History Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Added entry--name
Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632-1703 editor.
Added entry--name
Saumaise, Claude, 1588-1653 commentator.
Added entry--name
Freinsheim, Johann, 1608-1660 commentator.
Added entry--name
Ampelius, Lucius Liber memorialis. 1702.
Added entry--name
Gallet, Georges, -1724? printer.
Added entry--name
Goeree, Jan, 1670-1731 engraver.
Added entry--name
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708 engraver.
Added entry--name
Bentham, Bryan former owner.
Added entry--name
Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
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