Lyon, par Jean de Tournes 1558 [Continuation of title: "Auxquels de nouveau sont ajoutees les subsequentes Parcelles des livres IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIIII. XV. XVII. Toutes traduites par lui sur l'exemplaire grec. Ensemble le dessein du camp des Rommeins extrait de la description de Polybe"], [12] + 335 + [17] pp., title page decorated with a woodcut frame (depicting allegorical figures, and with a portrait of Polybius), one engraved folding plate out-of-text (plan of the Roman camp), engraved printer's mark (with the motto "Son art en Dieu") on last page, woodcut initials & bands & tailpieces, handwritten ex-libris on title "GvHamme 1636", in-folio (33x22cm.), firm and solid modern hardcover binding, spine in brown leather with gilt title, text and interior are clean and bright except for few old underlinings in text, [Rare 16th century edition, containing the French translation of the first 5 books of "Histories" by the Greek historian Polybius of Megalopolis, together with some fragments of some other books. It gives a detailed analysis of the political and military events at the time of the rise of Rome (3rd and 2nd cy. BC)], weight: 1.1kg., G121050
Reference : G121050
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