Historia Byzantina duplici commentario illustrata. Prior familias ac stemmata imperatorum Constantinopolitanorum, cum eorundem Augustorum nomismatibus, & aliquot iconibus; praeterea familias Dalmaticas & Turcicas complectitur: alter descriptionem urbis Constantinopolitanae, qualis extitit sub imperatoribus Christianis
Venetiis: ex typogrgraphia B. Javarina, 1729. Folio (leaf 39.0 cm), pp. [20], 242, [10]; [12], 139, 136, [12], 22; text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns; engraved vignette title page, woodcut ornaments and decoration, 3 engraved plates, 29 full-p. numismatic engravings, 14 half-page numismatic engravings (and several smaller), 19 engravings in the text (2 full-page), 2 full-page engraved maps; later full speckled calf, gilt decorated spine in 7 compartments, red morocco label in 1; upper joint starting, otherwise a nice clean, and crisp copy. Bookplate Samuel James, Baron Waring. A history and genealogy of the Byzantine rulers and the history-shaping families of the empire in the first part, and a more detailed history of the city in the second part. In addition to coins, medals and coats of arms, the illustrations also show saints, buildings, city maps, etc. This is part of the Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae, begun under the direction of the Jesuit scholar Philippe Labbe in the 17th century, and continued by Charles du Fresne, a French philologist and historian, one of the great universal scholars of the 17th century. Uncommon, at least in the U.S. OCLC locates copies only at Bringham Young, Yale, and Loras College (this copy). See: Graesse I, 587; Brunet I, 1437. Item #73503
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