Justinus (Marcus Junianus) The Historie of Justine . . . from the beginning of the Assyrian Monarchy, unto the raigne of the Emperour Augustus, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, decorations, portrait of Solon and several profile portraits of Roman emperors, a few ff. closely trimmed at head just touching headlines, E1-3 with small burn hole with loss to a few letters, H4 lower corner restored, occasional soiling and ink marking, pencil inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, [STC 24293], folio, William Jaggard, 1606. ⁂ First edition in English of Justinus' abridgement of Pompey's Historiae Philippicae (now lost). The translation is often credited to George Wilkins the co-author of Shakespeare's Pericles. Provenance: Rev. William Field (1768-1851, Unitarian minister and historian); Sally Field; Charles S. Parker (pencil inscriptions).
Justinus (Marcus Junianus) The Historie of Justine . . . from the beginning of the Assyrian Monarchy, unto the raigne of the Emperour Augustus, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, decorations, portrait of Solon and several profile portraits of Roman emperors, a few ff. closely trimmed at head just touching headlines, E1-3 with small burn hole with loss to a few letters, H4 lower corner restored, occasional soiling and ink marking, pencil inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, [STC 24293], folio, William Jaggard, 1606. ⁂ First edition in English of Justinus' abridgement of Pompey's Historiae Philippicae (now lost). The translation is often credited to George Wilkins the co-author of Shakespeare's Pericles. Provenance: Rev. William Field (1768-1851, Unitarian minister and historian); Sally Field; Charles S. Parker (pencil inscriptions).
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