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AMMIEN MARCELLIN. Rerum gestarum qui de XXXI supersunt, libri XVIII. Leiden, Peer Vander Aa, 1693. In-4, [24] ff, 514 pp, [7] ff, 18 plates hors-texte, including a portrait-frontispiece, 6 plates of medals, 3 folding views and 8 portraits of Emperors in medallions, plum half calf, ornate smooth spine, black title page, marbled edges (19th century binding). Spine slightly faded, brown spots, but a good copy. Based on the 1681 edition by Adrien de Valois, this fine printing was, throughout the 18th century, the best available of Ammianus Marcellinus, whose importance for our knowledge of the 4th century is well established. (Brunet I, 237.) Ex-libris Dampierre (Ducs de Luynes).

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AMMIEN MARCELLIN. Rerum gestarum qui de XXXI supersunt, libri XVIII. Leiden, Peer Vander Aa, 1693. In-4, [24] ff, 514 pp, [7] ff, 18 plates hors-texte, including a portrait-frontispiece, 6 plates of medals, 3 folding views and 8 portraits of Emperors in medallions, plum half calf, ornate smooth spine, black title page, marbled edges (19th century binding). Spine slightly faded, brown spots, but a good copy. Based on the 1681 edition by Adrien de Valois, this fine printing was, throughout the 18th century, the best available of Ammianus Marcellinus, whose importance for our knowledge of the 4th century is well established. (Brunet I, 237.) Ex-libris Dampierre (Ducs de Luynes).

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