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[Antiquity] - HERODIANUS - Histoire d'Herodian excellent historien grec, traitant des faicts memo...

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[Antiquity] - HERODIANUS - Histoire d'Herodian excellent historien grec, traitant des faicts memo...
[Antiquity] - HERODIANUS - Histoire d'Herodian excellent historien grec, traitant des faicts memorables des successeurs de Marc Aurèle à l'Empire de Rome [trsl. from the Greek Jacques de Vintimille]. Plus un discours & aduertissement aux Censeurs de la langue Françoise (...). Paris, Robert Foüet, 1596 [bound with] CASSIUS, Dio - L'Histoire de Dion Cassius de Nycaee, contenant le vies des vingt-six empereurs, qui ont regné depuis iules Caesar, iusques à Alexandre fils de Mammaee; abrégée par Xiphilin [trsl. from the Greek by] Antoine de Bandole. 2 works in 1 vol., 4to, old polished sheep (lower front joint splitting), elaborately gilt spine, [28]-225-[19], [8]-415-[37] pp. (somewhat browning, some ff. stained, preliminary ff. misbound: those of Herodianus bound after 2nd title, those of Dio Cassius bound after 1st title). Very good copy. € 250/350 I : Extremely rare reprint (1st ed. 1554) of the trsl. by Jacques de Vintimille (1512-1582) of the Greek historian Herodianus (3rd C.). With a defense of the French language, and important liminary verse (i.a. a nine pp. (!) ode by Guillaume des Autels to Pontus de Tyard). II: Uncommon French trsl. of the Greek historian Dio Cassius (or Cassius Dio, 150-235 A.D.). Woodcut mark on both titlepages. Titles printed in red and black. Bookplate F.I. Pins, old bibliographical note pasted on front flyleaf and before 2nd title, name on verso of title. Ref.I Cp. Cioranescu 21922. Not in Hoffmann, Adams, Machiels, BL London, BN Paris, NUC. II: BN Paris (1). NUC (2). Not in Hofmann, Goldsmith (BL London). Not in Matagne (Namur).