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[Antiquity] - APPIANUS, Alexandrinus - Des guerres des Romains [trsl. from the Greek by] Odet Phi...

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[Antiquity] - APPIANUS, Alexandrinus - Des guerres des Romains [trsl. from the Greek by] Odet Phi...
[Antiquity] - APPIANUS, Alexandrinus - Des guerres des Romains [trsl. from the Greek by] Odet Philippe. Paris, Antoine de Sommaville, 1659, folio, contemp. marbled sheep (minor def.), gilt oval arms on covers, elaborately gilt spine on 6 raised bands, sp. edges, [16]-549-[50] pp. (leaf "chi" present twice, somewhat browning, wormtrack (repaired) in inner margin and in some quires). Good copy. Cfr. ill. € 250/350 French translation by Odet Philippe, sieur des Mares (d. 1716) of a history of Rome up to Trajanus, written by a Greek author from Alexandria (2nd C.). Engr. arms on titlepage, folding engr. map of Roman Empire by P. De Val. Gilt arms of Alexandre Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1690-1761). Library stamp Château de la Roche Guyon on title. Ref. Cioranescu 54663. Hoffmann I 217. Cp. Goldsmith (BL London) A-606 (1660 ed.). Not in Matagne (Namur).