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2 volumes, 8vo (165 x 102 mm) de 346 pp., 27 unn.l. (including last blank) for the volume I; 394 pp., 7 unn.l., for the volume II. Speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt roll on covers (18th century binding).
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Renouard, Estienne, 61/16 & 61:19; Schreiber, 75-76; Adams, D-507 & T-917.
Rare complete collection of the two volumes that make up the Historiae Augustae Scriptores.
The first volume contains works by Dion Cassiu, Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Aelius Lampridius, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, with notes by J. Baptista Egnatius.
The second volume contains the writings of Trebellinus Pollio, Flavius Vopiscus, Aurelius Victor, Pomponius Laetus, and J. Baptista Egnatius.
“Most bibliographical authorities agree on the rarity of complete sets” (Schreiber).
Binding worn, weak joints.
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