VALERIUS MAXIMUS.

Dictorum factorumque memorabilium Libri novem ad optimas Editiones collati praemittitur Notitia literaria accedit Studiis Societatis Bipontinae. Editio Accurata.

Biponti (Zweybrücken), Ex Typographia Societatis, 1783. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt back. Very slightly rubbed. Engraved titlevignette. 498,(66) pp. Small stamp on titlepage. A good copy.

The subject-matter of these 9 books by the Roman historian (under Tiberius) is mostly moral or philosophical in charcter, e.g. Omens, Moderation, Gratitude, Chastity, Cruelty etc. It was widely read in the Middle Ages.

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