IUSTINI HISTORIARUM EX TROGO POMPEIO LIB. XLIV CUM NOTIS ISAACI VOSSII

Lugduni Batavorum: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1640. Hardcover. 12mo; [12], 310, 36, [50] pages; G; Bound in early full calf with gilt ornamentation to spine. Label now absent. Binding shows shelfwear, rubbing, and chipping, with significant cracking to joints (in spite of which binding remains stable). Marbled endpapers; ribbon bookmark sewn in. Text block edges tinted red. Scattered ink underlining and marginalia. Text block age-toned and slightly foxed. Ownership inscription reading "Langdon Lauriston Ward [Paris, July 29, 1902]" on front free endpaper. With engraved title page, head- and tailpieces, and initials. This copy is from the second of two variants printed by the famous Elzevier brothers, Bonaventura and Abraham, in 1640. Their small editions, of which this is an example, have historically been regarded as particularly fine and collectible. JR Consignment; shelved Room G. 1345600. Special Collections.