Marcus Junianus Justinus. Trogi Pompei externae historiae

in compendium ab Iustino redactae. Exteriorum Imperatorum vitae. Aemilio Probo authore. P. Vellei Paterculi histoarae Ro. (...). Florence, heirs Ph. Iuntae (= Philippo Giunta), 1525, 2 (= 3) parts in 1 vol. (2),103,(= 203)(1 blank),(14); (8),105-267 (= 167) lvs, w. woodcut printer's device w. motto "Nil candidus" on title and final page, very finely bound in early 19th cent. crushed green mor. probably by Antoine Louis François Bradel, both covers w. richly gilt borders, gilt spine w. titles, date of publication, ornaments and owner's monogram "AAR" (Antoine Augustin Renouard) in compartments, gilt boardedges and turn-ins, silk endpapers and extra vellum free endpapers, a.e.g.

A fine and very attractive copy with just some minimal internal and external imperfections such as vague old annots. and a sl. sunned spine. The preliminary leaves 3-16 have been misbound before the Velleius title-page. With stamp "Bibliotheca Heberiana" and sm. ex libris of "D. Abdy R." on free endpapers. Possibly from the library of Robert Abdy (d. 1748), ex bibliotheca Richard Heber (1773-1833) and bound for the great bibliographer Antoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853). Collective edition of 3 works by classical authors, based on the Aldus edition, with corrections. Ad 1: Justinus notes in his preface, that he collected the most important and interesting passages from the Historiae Philippicae by Pompeius Trogus, a work that has otherwise not survived. Ad 2: Although the title-page and drop-title attribute the Vita to Aemylius Probus (as in all early editions), it was suggested in 1569 that they were actually written by Cornelius Nepos (99-24 BC), the first biographer to be known by name, and also the first to compare Romans with foreigners. Ad 3: The Historiae of Velleius Paterculus (19 BC-AD 31). one of the most important documents on the age of Augustus and Tiberius. Adams J725 & P414; Dibdin, Greek and Latin classics II, p. 138 note; Renouard, Annales. Alde, suppl., p. XLIX, no. 80.