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Appian Of Alexandra.Romanarum Historiarum

Appian of Alexandra. Romanarum Historiarum [graece].,

edited by Robert Estienne, title in Greek and Latin and with woodcut basilisk device of Charles Estienne, woodcut head-pieces and initials, occasional light water-staining to upper margins and corners, occasional light spotting, but generally crisp and clean, Klz2-4 (index)with very small section missing from head of inner margin (not affecting text), handsome 18th century mottled calf, spine in compartments, richly gilt and with red morocco label, slightly scuffed, some professional restoration, [Renouard, Estiennes, 102:4k Hoffmann I,214; Mortimer, French, 29; Schreiber 126], folio, Paris, Charles Estienne, 1551.

***An attractive copy of the editio princeps. This work is generally cited as the supreme example of the use of the Royal Greek Types ('Grecs du Roy') and is the first work to be printed in all three sizes of the types. D.B. Updike in his Printing Types calls it "one of the most exquisite books printed from these fonts". The work chronicles the various Roman wars from the earliest times to the campaigns of Trajan. .