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Small Octavo. Volume I: Frontispice, [30 unnumbered pages], 455 pages / Volume II: Frontispice, 490 pages / Volume III: Frontispice, 470 pages / Volume IV: Frontispice, 446 pages / Volume V: Frontispice, 460 pages (page 161 loosely inserted) / Volume VI: Frontispice, 495 pages / Volume VII: Frontispice, 506 pages / Volume VIII: Frontispice, 496 pages / Volume IX: Frontispice, 504 pages / Volume X [being Geographia Liviani - complete with [all called for] 14 folded maps: Frontispice, several folded maps and Index, 363 pages plus 'Tabularum Geographicarum'. Hardcover / Original, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and new endpapers and minor repairs to Volume I. One page loosened. Exlibris / Armorial Bookplate of Daniel Conner to pastedown of each Volume. All the allegorical frontispices in excellent condition. The folded maps in breathtaking condition (see images for each map on our website). Livius Edition with the important Supplement by Marburg University - educated classical scholar, Johann Freinsheim. Maps incldued show on 14 large, folded maps, the extent of the Roman Empire during the time of Titus Livius: I.Italia antiqua / II. Gallia Cisalpina & Etruria / III. Italia media in qua Latium / IV. Campania / V. Magna Graeca / VI. Sicilia / VII. Graecia antiqua & Insulae / VII. Asia minor / VIII. Asia minor / IX. Syria & Palaestina / X. Aegyptus & Cyrenaica / XI. Africa propria, Mauretania & Numidia / XII. Hispania antiqua / XIII. Gallia antiqua / XIV. Imperii Romani typus // Johann Freinsheim (November 16, 1608 August 31, 1660), also known under the Latinized form of the name, Johannes Frenshemius, was a German classical scholar and critic. Freinsheim was born at Ulm on November 16, 1608, and after studying at several universities: Marburg, Giessen and Strassburg, he visited France, where he remained for three years. Freinsheim returned to Strassburg in 1637, and in 1642 was appointed professor of eloquence and holder of the Skyttean chair at the University of Uppsala. In 1647, he was summoned by Queen Christina to Stockholm to serve as court librarian and royal historiographer. In 1650, he resumed his professorship at Uppsala, but early in the following year he was obliged to resign on account of ill-health. In 1656, he became honorary professor at Heidelberg, and died on August 31, 1660. Freinsheim's literary activity was chiefly devoted to the Roman historians. He first introduced the division into chapters and paragraphs, and by means of carefully compiled indexes illustrated the lexical peculiarities of each author. He is best known for his famous supplements to Quintus Curtius and Livy, containing the missing books written by himself. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 29165AB
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