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1679 Elzevier edition of Livy’s Histories of Rome the most important History of Rome from its foundation to the reign of Augustus the denounce against the moral corruption that led to the end of the Republic and to the progressive decadence of its affluent society Moss: «very beautiful, scarce and valuable» Dibdin: «Generally esteemed the edit.[ion] opt.[ime], correctly and beautifully printed» Titus Livius . Historiarum quod extat, cum perpetuis Car. Sigonii et J. F. Gronovii Notis. Jac. Gronovius probavit, suasque et aliorum Notis adjecit. Amstelodamj, Apud Danielem Elsevirium, 1678-79. 3 volumes, 8vo (194x115 mm), full calf binding, five raised bands spine with golden decoration to compartments, red leather label with gilt spine title, thin decorations in gold to boards’ outer margins, red edges, ff. [24], pp. 922, ff. [35], pp. 62 for the first volume; pp. 973, [1], ff. [30], pp. 58, f. [1, blank] for the second; pp. 1080, ff. [41], [1, blank] for the third. Full copper-plated frontispiece with an allegoric representation of Roman power over the ancient world, personified by three women for the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa and a white-bearded old man with a jar pouring water and fishes for the Mediterranean sea . Engraved portrait of Ferdinand of Furstenberg (1661-83), bishop of Paderborn, to whom the edition is dedicated, promoter of the arts and science and founder of the Ferdinandea , an endowment for the support of 36 missionaries in Scandinavia, China and Japan. to whom this edition is dedicated. At verso of f. [7], portrait of Johann Friedrich Gronovius , classical scholar that edited the present edition and wrote the notes; several woodcut initials and friezes throughout the text. «very beautiful, scarce and valuable (Moss)» Elzevier edition of of Livy’s Historiae ad Urbe condita («Histories from the foundation of Rome»), a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy’s own time. this Elzevirian edition of Livy in three volumes is considered the most corrected and beautiful edition of 17 th century , following the Aldine edition (see our listing) that is the best one of 16 th century. This Elzevier edition contains the annotations of Sigonius, present in the Aldine, and the new annotations of Gronovius. The two editions are the most important imprints of the Livy’s work. Fundamental epitome of the first seven centuries of the history of Rome , written by the major historian of the age of Augustus that aimed to reconstruct the main happenings from the mythical escape of Aeneas and Romulus’ foundation of the Urbe to the first century B.C. A strong component in Livius’ writings deals with the corruption of the customs that, in his opinion, had led to the progressive disrupting of the Roman Empire: his charge, differently from that of other historians, was not addressed just to the noble class, but to the whole society, guilty of having lost ethics and the values of the Republic Age. His referring to a far past, indeed, can be read as a mystification in order to make a comparison with the problematic present. * Titus Livius (59 BC–AD 17), also know in English as Livy , was a Roman historian, who went from Padua, his home city, to Rome in the 30s BC, and it is likely that he spent a large amount of time in the city after this, although it may not have been his primary home. During his time in Rome, he was never a senator nor held any other governmental position. His elementary mistakes in military matters show that he was never a soldier. However, he was educated in philosophy and rhetoric. It seems that Livy had the financial resources and means to live an independent life. He devoted a large part of his life to his writings, which he was able to do because of his financial freedom. He was familiar with the emperor Augustus, for...
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