Shelfmark
Ep.7.04
Author
Uniform title
[Historiae Philippicae]
Title
Trogus, Justinus cum notis selectissimis variorum, Berneggeri, Bongarsy, Vossy, Thysy, &c..
Varying form of title
Other title: Justini Historiarum Philippiarum et totius mundi originum
Edition
Editio accuratissima. : Accurante S. d. m. C..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelodami, : Apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios., Anno 1659.
Physical description
[4], 547, [73] p. ; 8vo.
Note
Pompeius Trogus was a Romanized Vocontian from Gallia Narbonensis, author of zoological, and perhaps botanical works, now lost, and the 'Philippic Histories' (Historiae Philippicae), usually dated to the reign of Augustus and known only through the Epitome of Justinus and the tables of contents (prologi). Beginning with the ancient Near East and Greece (bks. 16), he covered Macedon (bks. 712) and the Hellenistic kingdoms to their fall before Rome (bks. 1340); books 412 contained Parthian history to 20 BC, books 434 the regal period of Rome, and Gallic and Spanish history to Augustus' Spanish wars. His sources continue to be debated. Although heavy or even exclusive reliance on Timagenes of Alexandria is now thought unlikely, he may well have used extensively the Histories of Posidonius, perhaps through an intermediary source. Marcus Junianus Justinus, dated to the 2nd, 3rd, or even (Syme) 4th cent. AD, important as the author of a Latin Epitome of the otherwise lost 'Philippic Histories' of Pompeius Trogus, whom he seems to have followed closely, confining his authorial voice to moralizing passages. -- Cf. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 3rd ed. on CD-ROM, editors: S. Hornblower and A. Spawforth.
Note
Engraved, illustrated title page.
Note
Caption title, p. 3: 'Justini Historiarum Philippiarum et totius mundi originum, et terrae situs, ex Trogo Pompeio.'
Note
Edited by Cornelis Schrevel ('S. d. m. C.' [i.e. Cornelio Schrevelio, doctore medico]).
Citation/references note
Willems, A., Les Elzevirs, 1248
Provenance
Inscription on t.p.: d.d. Franc. Warre Cornish Vice Praep: 1900.
Binding
Stiff vellum case binding; yapp edges; brown sprinkled edges; title written in ink on spine.
Subject
Trogus, Pompeius. Historiae Phillipicae
Subject
History, Ancient Early works to 1800.
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Elzevir, Daniel, 1626 - 1680 publisher.
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Elzevir, Louis, 1604 - 1670 publisher.
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Schrevel, Cornelis, 1608 - 1664 editor.
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Trogus, Pompeius. Historiae Philippicae.
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Warre Cornish, Francis, 1839 - 1916 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Identifier
B38591