Marcellini, Ammiani [Ammianus Marcellinus];

RERUM GESTARUM QUI DE XXXI SUPERSUNT, LIBRI XVIII. OPE MSS. CODICUM EMENDATI AB FREDERICO LINDENBROGIO & HENRICO HADRIANOQUE VALESIIS [...] ITEM EXCERPTA VETERA DE GESTIS CONSTANTINI & REGUM ITALIAE. OMNIA NUNC RECOGNITA AB JACOBO GRONOVIO

Lugundi [Leiden]: Peter Van Der Aa, 1693. First Thus. Quarto, [48], 514, [14] pages, plus 18 engraved plates (including frontispiece) and other illustrations throughout. In Good condition. In full leather binding; spine paneled with gilt decoration and gilt titling on a brown leather label. Boards show moderate wear, with rubbing and peeling to leather along edges; splitting and cracking to joints; and shallow chipping at the head and tail. Covers show scuffing and faint stains. Text block is moderately worn and soiled along edges. Lightly age toned throughout, with light scattered foxing and sparse, faint stains. Some light pencil and pen numbering on front free endpapers. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room A Elephant overflow.

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USTC 1840997. The Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI - commonly abbreviated as the Res Gestae - is a significant historical work written by the Roman officer Ammianus Marcellinus. The first 13 books of the Res Gestae have been lost, with only the remaining 18 books (books 14-31) surviving. This edition, published by Peter van der Aa in 1693 and edited by Jacobus Gronovius, incorporates all the surviving books of the Res Gestae, along with earlier commentaries on the work and Gronovius' own notes. This edition is specifically known for its detailed illustrations and scholarly rigor, and was regarded as the definitive edition for over a century after its publication.