[DION CASSIUS & AELIUS SPARTIANUS & TREBELLIUS]

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[DION CASSIUS & AELIUS SPARTIANUS & TREBELLIUS]
[Historiae Augustae Scriptores]. Paris, Robert Estienne, 13 June & 10 July 1544. 2 volumes in-8 (165 x 102 mm) of 346 pp. 27 ff.n.ch. (of which the last one is blank) ; 394 pp. 7 ff.n.ch. Speckled calf, gilt roulette around the boards, spine ribbed and decorated (18th century English binding). Renouard, Estienne, 61/16 & 61:19; Schreiber, 75-76; Adams, D-507 & T-917. Rare complete collection of the two volumes which form the Historiae Augustae Scriptores. The first volume contains the works of Dion Cassius, Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Aelius Lampridius, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, with notes by J. Baptista Egnatius. The second volume contains the writings of Trebellinus Pollio, Flavius Vopiscus, Aurelius Victor, Pomponius Laetus, and J. Baptista Egnatius. "Most bibliographical authorities agree on the rarity of complete sets" (Schreiber) Bindings rubbed, jaws weak. Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate and drystamp).
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