APPIANUS Romanarum historiarum [Graece].

Renouard, Estienne, 102:4; Schreiber, 126; Adams, A-1340; Updike, Printing Types, I, pp. 237-238).

Edition princeps de l'histoire des guerres romaines, rédigée par Appien couvrant l'histoire romaine jusqu'à l'ascension de Vespasien (70 ap.J.C.).

"This volume is generally cited as the supreme example of the use of the Royal Greek types; it is, in fact, the first classical text printed in all three sizes of the 'grec du roi' (first used together the preceeding year in the New Testament" (Schreiber).

"One of the most exquisite books printed from these fonts is Charles and Robert Estienne's Greek edition of Appian… All three sizes of type are used in it. The type in mass, and the proportion and imposition of the title-page, are very splendid, and there is another reason for looking at it. The superb decorations and initials by Tory… are wonderful, in their accord with the color of the Greek text, in their printable qualities, and their grace of design" (Updike).

Dos habilement renouvelé, quelques rousseurs.

Provenance: Collège religieux (inscription masquée en partie)