2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 572 leaves; vol. II, 472 leaves; engraved frontispiece in each volume, printer’s woodcut device on the
printed title (lacking in vol. II). The text in long lines, the commentaries in double columns.
Brunet III, page 226.
Graesse III, page 304.
Ebert 9831.
Old vellum, gilt backs; initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T in both volumes; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplates.
Probably purchased from
Armand Koenig of Strassburg. A copy of this book was included by Koenig in a
Liste de livres relíes nouvellement acquis, du format in Octavo, etc; offered to Jefferson in a letter sent to him at Paris on May 26, 1788.
For a note on Casaubon, see no. 32.
Claudius Salmasius [Claude Saumise], 1588-1653, French classical scholar.
This work was originally published in Milan in 1475, and was frequently reprinted. The first edition by Salmasius of Casaubon’s
notes appeared in 1620.
Jan Gruter, 1560-1627, Dutch scholar and critic.
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Xiphilinus.
2. v.
4
to.
Gr.
Lat. Guilielmi Blanci.
1815 Catalogue, page 7. no. 115, Xiphilinus. Gr. Lat. Blanci, 2 v 4to.
DIO CASSIUS--XIPHILINUS,
Joannes.
Εκ των Διωνος του Νικαεως Ρωμαικ(~ω)ν (‘ι)στοριων . . . (’ε)πιτομ(`η) Ιωάννου του Ξιφιλίνου Dionis Nicaei Rervm Romanarum à Pompeio Magno ad Alexãdrum Mamææ, Epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino . . . Lvtetiae: Ex officina
Roberti Stephani,
M. D. LI. [1551.]--
Dionis Nicæi, rer(~u) Romanarvm a Pompeio Magno, ad Alexandrum Mamææ filium Epitome, Ioanne Xiphilino authore, & Guilielmo Blanco Albiensi interprete. Ad Georgium Armeniacum, Cardinalem Ampliss. Lvtetiæ: [
Robertus Stephanus]
M. D. LI. [1551.]
PA Byzantine
First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. These two volumes, containing the original
Greek text and the
Latin translation have been conflated by Jefferson, and rebound, with the
Greek and
Latin texts on opposite pages, a title-page at the beginning of each volume. The title-page of the
Greek text has
Estienne’s device, that for the
Latin translation is one of the copies with the arms of George d’Armagnac,
Cardinal.
Graesse VI, page 495.
Renouard, page 80, nos. 8, 9.
Bound in calf for Jefferson; initialled by him at sigs. i. i and t. i in the first volume, not initialled in the second. A
few marginal references in his hand. On the title-page of the first volume is the signature of Wm. Le Neve, 1724, and in an earlier hand
pret. 4 ll. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
See no. 77.
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Herodian.
Gr.
Lat.
Eng.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 33, Herodianus, Gr. Lat. Eng. 2 v 12mo.
HERODIANUS
Ηρωδιανου ιστοριων βιβλια η. Herodiani Historiarum Libri VIII . . . Præmissa est M. Antonini Philosophi Vita, à Jo. Xiphilino conscripta. Edinburgi: In Ædibus
Tho. Ruddimanni, Sumptibus
Jo. Patoni,
M. D. CC.XXIV. [1724.]--
Herodian’s History of His Own Times, or of the Roman Empire after Marcus, Translated into
English. With large Notes, explaining the most remarkable Customs, Ceremonies, Offices, &c. among the Romans . . . By J. Hart . . .
London: Printed for the Author, And sold by
T. Waller,
T. Payne, and
R. Dodsley,
MDCCXLIX. [1749.]
PA4001 .H4 1724 copy 2
