FESTUS, SEXTUS POMPEIUS.

De Verborum significatu quae supersunt cum Pauli Epitome. Emendata et annotata a Carolo Odofredo Muellero.

Leipzig, Weidmann, 1839. 4to.-oblong. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt, titlelabel with gilt lettering. XLIV,443 pp. Some scattered brownspots, mainly on the first 2 leaves.

First edition of this importent critical edition of the extant part of Festus' grammar. The text, even in its present mutilated state, is an important source for scholars of Roman history. It is a treasury of historical, grammatical, legal and antiquarian learning, providing sometimes unique evidence for the culture, language, political, social and religious institutions, deities, laws, lost monuments, and topographical traditions of ancient Italy.
Brunet IV, 798.

Order-nr.: 51429