1633 Rare Latin Vellum Book - Titus Livius - Titi Livii Patavini historiarvm libri. Rome History.

 

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Author : Titus Livius; Blaeu, Willem Jansz.
Title : Titii Livii Patavini Historiarum libri.
Language : Text in Latin
Publisher : Amsterdami : Apud Guiljelm Blaeu, 1633.
Size : 5.5 " X 3.5 "
Pages : 1007 pages
Binding : Attractive and very good full vellum binding with unknown blind stamp coat of arms (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed)  under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing and staining). 
Illustrations : Including a nice illustrated title page.

Estimate : (USD 275 - USD 350)

The book : Attractive and very nice 17th century edition of Livy's History of Rome,

The author :  Titus Livius (64 or 59 BC – AD 12 or 17) – simply rendered as Livy in English – was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people – Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Books from the Foundation of the City) – covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. He was on familiar terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and even in friendship with Augustus, whose young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, he exhorted to take up the writing of history.