POLYBIUS. - CASAUBONUS (EDIT.)

Polybiu Tu Lykorta Megalopolitu Historion ta sozomena (Greek). Polybii Lycortae F. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt. Isaacus Casaubonus ex antiquis libris emendavit, Latine vertit, Commentariis illustravit. Aineiu Taktikon te kai Poliorketikon hypomnema, peri tu, Pos chre poliorkumenon antechein (Greek). Aeneae, vetustissimi Tactici, Commentarius De toleranda obsidione. Is. Casaubonus Primus Vulgavit, Latinam interpretationem ac Notas adiecit.

(Franckfurt am Main), Daniel & Dauid. Aubriorum, 1619. Folio. Contemp. full vellum. Some miscolouring to covers. Ms title on spine. Title-page printed red/black with printers wooccut device.(60),1080,(32),151 pp. Light yellowing to the first leaves. A few scattered brownspots. Greek and Latin Text.

Second Casaubon edition. Brunet IV:789, Graesse V:394, Dibdin II, p. 350: "A most excellent edition; the merits of which have been long known to the literary world. The preface, in the opinion of the late Dr. Joseph Warton, "is one of the finest ever written... "

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