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Justin's History of the World from the Assyrian Monarchy down to the time of Augustus Caesar; Being an Abridgment of Trogus Pompeius’s Philippic History, with Critical Remarks upon Justin. Made English by Mr. T. Brown. The third edition carefully revised... by O. Dykes.
by Justinus
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Printed for D. Midwinter... and H. Clements, 1719. 12mo, pp. xxiv, 408. Title-page in red and black. Contemporary panelled sheep, spine divided by raised bands, red morocco label. Some browning and foxing. Rubbed, joints cracked but holding, a bit of wear to spine ends and corners. Armorial bookplate of Rolle to pastedown, ownership inscription dated 1724 partly erased from flyleaf. The slightly less scarce variant with shorter imprint - even so only located in a handful of British institutions by ESTC, plus another 8 in North America - of this translation of the epitome of the history of Gnaeus Trogus Pompeius by Marcus Junianus Justinus, first published in 1702. The translator was Thomas Brown (d.1704), a gifted linguist and prolific hack 'equally distinguished by ability and dissipation' (ODNB), perhaps now best remembered as the extemporiser of the epigram ‘I do not love thee Dr Fell’. ESTC T119470.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5978
- Title
- Justin's History of the World from the Assyrian Monarchy down to the time of Augustus Caesar; Being an Abridgment of Trogus Pompeius’s Philippic History, with Critical Remarks upon Justin. Made English by Mr. T. Brown. The third edition carefully revised... by O. Dykes.
- Author
- Justinus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for D. Midwinter... and H. Clements
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1719
- Keywords
- Classics History
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