Historiae Romanae breviarium [...]. Numquam antehac editum [...]. Ex bibliotheca Andreae Schotti, cuius etiam notae adiectae sunt.

Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1579

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8vo: 221-[2-1 bl.] pp. (usual toning or spotting, dampstaining in bottom margin of final ff.).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink.

Editio princeps by the classical scholar Andreas Schottus (1552-1619). Woodcut mark on title. 64 woodcut coin ill.
Ref. Voet 606. - BT 4751. - Dekesel A-75.
Bound with (as usual): Id. - De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum [...]. Ibid., 1579. 123-[11-2 bl.] pp. Woodcut mark on title. 76 woodcut coin ill. Dedicated to Aug. Busbequius. Ref. Voet 607. - BT 4750. - Dekesel A-74.
Prov. "Bibliothecae Colbertinae", i.e. from the library of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1682) (ms. entry on title). - A.-G. du Plessis, P. de La Morandière (mod. bookpl.).