In fair condition. Boards show typical wear with occasional surface dirt and rubbing to edges. Corners are bumped. Front hinge cracked with exposed binding. Manuscript title label toned, but legible. Gilt deco dulled on boards. Bequeathment bookplate on front paste down. Small instance of worming to bottom edge of front fly-leaf to approximately page 30 (does not impact text). Age toning to page edges. Some sparse instances of age-staining. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing.
Lucius Cassius Dio (c. 165 – c. 235), also known as Dio Cassius, was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of Rome (753 BC), the formation of the Republic (509 BC), and the creation of the Empire (27 BC) up until 229 AD, during the reign of Severus Alexander. Written in Ancient Greek over 22 years, Dio's work covers approximately 1,000 years of history. Many of his books have survived intact, alongside summaries edited by later authors such as Xiphilinus, a Byzantine monk of the 11th century, and Zonaras, a Byzantine chronicler of the 12th century.
Andreas Wechelus (fr. André Wechel, died 1581) was a printer and bookseller active in Paris from 1554 to 1573 and in Frankfurt from 1573 to 1581. In 1554, hetook over the printing office of his father, Chrétien Wechel, on Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais Street. He continued the editorial work initiated by his father and printed texts in Greek, notably the works of Xenophon and Lucian, as well as those of humanists like Jean-Antoine de Baïf and Pierre de Ronsard.
In all likelihood, Wechelus was a supporter of the Reformation, but his friends were German Lutherans, rather than French Calvinists. Nonetheless, he printed the works of Petrus Ramus and Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon. In 1572, Wechelus escaped the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre thanks to his tenant Hubert Languet, a representative of Augustus, Elector of Saxony. Not long after, Wechelus left Paris for Frankfurt, where he died in 1581.
The original edition (Estienne, 1548), collects a fragment from a 15th century manuscript that covers books 36-60.
This work covers books 36-80 with brief remarks at the rear on the other books.
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