Procopius Caesariensis Anekdota (Greek) seu Historia arcana, second edition, 2 parts in one, printer’s woodcut device to title, ornaments, browning throughout, occasional spotting, worm trail to gutter of a few gatherings, signature and extensive annotation in Latin concerning the work by Kupferschmidt (scholar?) on front flyleaf, half vellum over boards, ink title to spine, rubbed, [Graesse V, 455; Ebert 17999; Schweiger I, 277; Hoffmann III, 298], 4to, Müller, Helmstedt, 1654. *** Much improved Greek-Latin edition of the first published in 1623 secret history of the reign of the East Roman Emperor Justinian, with scandalous anecdotes from the life of his wife Theodora and other details of the Byzantine court life.
Procopius Caesariensis Anekdota (Greek) seu Historia arcana, second edition, 2 parts in one, printer’s woodcut device to title, ornaments, browning throughout, occasional spotting, worm trail to gutter of a few gatherings, signature and extensive annotation in Latin concerning the work by Kupferschmidt (scholar?) on front flyleaf, half vellum over boards, ink title to spine, rubbed, [Graesse V, 455; Ebert 17999; Schweiger I, 277; Hoffmann III, 298], 4to, Müller, Helmstedt, 1654. *** Much improved Greek-Latin edition of the first published in 1623 secret history of the reign of the East Roman Emperor Justinian, with scandalous anecdotes from the life of his wife Theodora and other details of the Byzantine court life.
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