Titi Livii Patavini Romanæ historiæ principis libri omnes qvotqvot ad nostram ætatem peruenerunt : vna cvm doctissimorvm virorvm in eos lucubrationibus, post omnes aliorum editiones, summa fide ac diligentia, & veterum & recentiorum exemplarium collatione nunc denuo recogniti, plurimusq[ue] in locis castigati, & artificiosis picturis, præcipuas historias aptè representantibus, exornati, inq[ue] duos tomos distributi, quibus quæ contineantur, post præfationem patebit : cum indice copiosissimo

Livy, Verrius Flaccus, Marcus, Glareanus, Henricus, 1488-1563, Sigonio, Carlo, 1524?-1584, Valla, Lorenzo, 1406-1457, Rhenanus, Beatus, 1485-1547, Velcurio, Joannes, d. 1607, Morello, Teodorico, 16th cent, Sabellico, 1436?-1506, Gelen, Sigmund, 1497-1554, Saxonius, Johannes, d. 1561, Godelevaeus, Wilhelm, Leto, Giulio Pomponio, 1428-1497, Marliani, Bartolomeo, d. 1560, Victor, Publius, Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505, Negri, Stefano, d. ca. 1540, Grellius, Joachim, Amman, Jost, 1539-1591 · 1578 · Francoforti ad Moenvm : Apvd Iohannem & Sigismundum Feyerabendt · 17 pictures

This is a 1578 Frankfurt edition of Livy's Roman history, with the text edited by Glareanus and Sigonius and illustrated with woodcut scenes of Roman events for a scholarly readership. The pictures are dense black-and-white woodcuts of crowded armies, processions and street fighting, framed by printed Latin text, and a designer might borrow their dense crowd compositions, horsemen and layered city backdrops as models for busy historical scenes.

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