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Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Grand in-8° relié demi-percaline XIX gravée à froid sur les plats des armes de la famille Gomez de la Cortina, 18 ff. n. ch., 280 pp. 20 pp. non chiffrées d'index. Coins émoussées et coupes un peu frottées sinon bel exemplaire. Standard text on servants and slavery in the ancient world. The ranks and offices of slaves are very copiously enumerated. It also offers an interesting glimpse into the working of the household in Roman antiquity, with illustrations of costumes, jewelry, musical instruments, keys, etc. Includes two folding plates of the Roman abacus which was used to compute the prices for sales. A learned antiquary born in Padua in 1571, Pignoria was educated by the Jesuits and a canonry of Treviso was conferred upon him by cardinal Fr. Barberini. This present work is called "a valuable work" although criticised as being diffuse. Third edition. Pignorius' work was secund edition published in Augsburg in 1613.Deuxième édition, illustrée de nombr. figures gravées. Travail important sur l'esclavage ainsi que sur la vie familiale dans l'Antiquité. Les figures en taille douce in et hors texte représentent des instruments musicaux, pièces de monnaie, médailles, costumes, signes de reconnaissance des esclaves et servants, etc. Deux planches reproduisent des abaques de calcul "Romanus" et "Augustanus".
