Author: FLORUS (Lucius Anneus):
Title: Lucii Annæi Flori rerum Romanorum Libri IV, Ex Musæo Joh. Isaci Pontani. Accedunt Breves eiusdem Notæ atque observata, præsertim Politica.
Description: Parisiis Apud viduam Claudii Thiboust et Petrum Esclassan Jurat Bibliop. Jurasum, nec-non Univers. Paris. Ord. via D. Joan. Later. e regione Auditorii Regii 1671 Small 8vo, 113 x 58 mms., pp. [4], 5 - 144 [145 - 170 notes], including engraved title-pages, which is dated 1672, contemporary calf, with gilt fleur-de-lys in centre of each cover and at four corners of binding and on spine, red leather label; binding worn, with joints cracked, top and base of spine chipped, and corners very worn, marbled paste-down end-papers, inscription on recto of front paste-down end-paper obscured at early state. Florus (there is some uncertainty about his exact name) compiled his epitome of Roman history from Livy. Early scholar-printers, e. g., Aldus, Vinetus, Salmasisu, Freinsheim, Graevius, and Duker were instrumental in establishing the text from extant manuscripts. Florus' text was popular for generations and used as a text well into the 19th century as an introduction to the history of Rome, despite a style which was said to be bombastic and belletristic. Copac and WorldCat record various copies with Simon Benard named as publisher on the title-page, but not this printing, which is clearly a different setting, as the Benard imprint is 187 pages.

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