Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae principis decades tres cum dimidia, large woodcut decorative initials, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title and some annotations and markings to text, some soiling and staining at beginning and end, first few leaves becoming loose, lacking front free endpapers, large engraved armorial bookplate of Nicolai Joseph Foucault, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine faded and ends worn, Paris, Michel de Vascosan, 1552 § Herodian. Istorion biblia e [graece] Histor. lib. VIII., 2 parts in 1, Greek & Latin text in double column, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut initials and head-pieces, title soiled and with ink scribbles to foot, a few other ink markings and spots causing holes to e2 & 3 with slight loss to side-notes, later calf tooled in blind, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, spine chipped at head, [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1581; and 12 others, Roman history, v.s. (14)
⁂ The second part of the second item is the editio princeps of the Roman history by Zosimus.
Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, 1st Marquis de Magny (1643-1721), statesman and book-collector.
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