LIBANIUS

LIBANIUS
Epistolae ; Edited, translated into Latin and annotated by Johan Christophor Wolf

Amstelaedami
Janssonius-Waesberge
1738

In-folio, [xx], 865 pp, title in red and black, title vignette, printed in two columns: ancient Greek and Latin. Lacking the prize leaf. Old note on the author on the fly leaf. Slightly age-toned, but a good copy. Full gilt vellum SCHOOLPRIZE BINDING, with the coat of arms of AMSTERDAM within floral border on both covers, spine gilt in compartments, lacks ties

About 1600 letters of Libanius have been preserved, more letters than those of Cicero. They throw considerable light on the political & literary history of the 4th century. The forgeries, by the Italian humanist Francesco Zambeccari in the 15th century are also included. Ref. Schweiger I, 188. Ref. Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century, I, p. 189, rubbing K