Herodianus Historia de Imperio 1493
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INKUNABEL. HERODIANUS. Historia de imperio post Marcum: vel de suis temporibus: e graeco summa fide et diligentia ac doctrina translatae a Politiano. Bononiae (Bologna, Bazalerius de Bazaleriis) 1493.
Small 4:o (about 190x138 mm.). (64) ll., signed a-e8, f-h8, 36 lines, roman type, 3- to 5-line initial space with printed guides, printed marginalia.
Later (17th century) vellum, somewhat worn, warped covers, spine in six compartments with manuscript title, small damage at foot, blueish edges. Title and first leaf with some worming in inner margin. Last leaf foxed. A few old marginal annotations and underlinings to text.
GW 12320, HC 8468. Translated from the Greek by Angelus Politianus.
Herodian or Herodianus of Syria, sometimes referred to as "Herodian of Antioch" (c. 170 - c. 240), was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history in Greek titled History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus in eight books covering the years 180 to 238. His work is not entirely reliable although his relatively unbiased account of Elagabalus is more useful than that of Cassius Dio. He was a Greek (perhaps from Antioch) who appears to have lived for a considerable period of time in Rome, but possibly without holding any public office. From his extant work, we gather that he was still living at an advanced age during the reign of Gordianus III, who ascended the throne in 238. Beyond this, nothing is known of his life. (Wikipedia).
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Auktionsnummer:
535993
Datum:
2018-06-19