TROGUE POMPÉE

New edition. 12 portrait figures of emperors in medallions in The Lives and Deaths of Roman Emperors by Veneto. Publisher's device on title page and verso of last leaf. Printed in italics.
17th-century German full brown morocco binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Black morocco title label. Covers stamped in blind with large central tool, frame of garland with corner tools. Rubbing. Brown stains on title page. Handsome copy.
The work of Trogus Pompeius is known to us only through the famous epitome made by Justin of his Philippic Histories, which deals with all the countries conquered by Alexander the Great. The Histories of Trogus Pompeius are completed by the De vita et moribus imperatorum romanorum by Giovanni Baptista Egnatio Veneto.

Elzevirian first edition produced by Isaac Vossius, at the age of 18. With allegorical title-frontispiece
Full red morocco contemporary binding. Raised-band spine richly decorated. Red morocco title-label. Triple gilt ruled frame on covers. Headcaps very finely restored. Endpapers renewed with mid-19th century paper. All edges gilt. Small marginal worming. A very handsome copy.
The work of Trogus Pompeius is known to us only through the famous abridgment by Justin of his Philippic Histories, which deals with all the countries conquered by Alexander the Great. At the end, 36 pages of notes by Isaac Vossius.