Iustini Historia ex Trogo Pompeio quattuor & trigi[n]ta epithomatis collecta. Lucii Flori Epithomata quattuor q[uae]cultissima in decem Titi Liuii decadas. Sexti Ruffi co[n]sularis viri ad Valentianu[m] Augustum de Historia Romana opus dignissimum

Justinus, Marcus Junianus, Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Epithomata, Rufus, Sextus. De historia Romana, Petit, Jean, fl. 1492-1530, printer · 1507 · [Paris] : Iehan Petit · 48 pictures

A 1507 Paris edition of Latin ancient history, printed by Jean Petit for Iehan Petit, collecting Justin's epitome of Trogus Pompeius, Florus's epitomes of Livy, and Rufus's Roman history. The four pictures are historiated woodcut initial letters, two large ornate I letters, one C with a flower and a leafy stem, and a similar I, all set on densely stippled grounds with scrolling foliage that suits decorative capitals and vintage lettering.

History, Ancient

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