HERODIANUS (HERODIAN): Historion biblia e. Historiarum libr. VIII. Basle, Waldner (c. 1535).
16vo. (1) l., 441 pp. Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (rubbed, spine defective [restored], leather defects [restored]), 2 clasps. Hoffmann II, 222; Adams H 380. 4th Greek edition, 1st at Basle. The binding from the workshop of the Saxonian binder Joachim Linck is decorated with 2 plates: on the front cover showing Elector Johann, on the back Johann Ernst; remains of gilding. Herodianus, a Greek historian from the beginning of the 2nd century A.C. is important because of his influence to the later Roman historians. With ownership inscriptions and exlibris. Provenance: Library Joseph Laßberg / Court Library Donaueschingen. Some water-staining.
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