Collection
Marcus Iunianus Iustinus. Iustini Historiarum ex Trogo Pompeio Libri XLVI. Cum Notis Isaac Vossii..., Padova (Padua), Typis Seminarii, Joannes Manfrè, 1722.
First edition with commentary by Is. Vossius, printed in Leiden by the Elzevirs in 1640 (Brunet III/1, 621) (see also No. 249). Vossius (1618-1689), an eminent Dutch scholar, widely travelled in Central Europe, collected a great number of manuscripts and printed matter. He was head of the Amsterdam library, and moved to the court of Queen Christina who purchased his father Gerhard-Johann’s comprehensive library.
Format:
17 cm
Page description:
pp. [12]+448 and one full page engraving (with inscription post fata resurgO, noted on the base Patavii Typis Seminarii apud Joannem Manfrè).
Entity:
Renaissance – Humanism
Item Type:
Book
