Appianus (Appian) Of Alexandria & Flavius Arrianus (Arrian) [Sammelband]

Appianus: Rom[Anarum]. Historiarum. Punica. Parthica, Iberica, Syriaca, Mithridatica, Annibalica, Celticae & Illyricae Fragmenta Quaedam. Item, De Bellis Civilibius Libri V. [Geneva: ] Henri Estienne, 1575. *-2*6, a-4a6, (2)a, E, I6 [I6 Blank]. [12], X...

      Henri Estienne [Stephanus], 1575 & 1592. Henri Estienne, ed. & trans. of Appian. Bonaventura Vulcanius, ed. & trans. of Arrian. Folio. 13 1/2 x 8 1/4” 2 vols. in 1. Early calf, rebacked and recornered, small split in top of front hinge, title labels; gilt arms of Gaspard Piebet de Nanlac, Seigeur de Ligny (1626-1694) on covers; repaired tear in t.p. of Arrianus. Provenance: Julio Berzuna collection of Alexander (bookplate); some minor dampstains, & foxing. Estienne device #10 on t.p. s, ornamental initials and head-pieces. Appianus: Appian (c. 95 &endash; c. 165), of Alexandria was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who flourished during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was born ca. 95 in Alexandria. He tells us that, after having filled the chief offices in the province of Egypt, he went to Rome ca. 120, where he practiced as an advocate, pleading cases before the emperors. In 147 at the earliest he was appointed to the office of procurator, probably in Egypt, on the recommendation of his friend Marcus Cornelius Fronto. The position of procurator was open only to members of the equestrian class. His work, known in English as the Roman History, in twenty-four books, written in Greek before 165, is more a number of monographs than a connected history. It gives an account of various peoples and countries from the earliest times down to their incorporation into the Roman Empire, and survives in complete books and considerable fragments. In spite of its unattractive style, the work is very valuable, especially for the period of the civil wars. The Civil Wars, five of the later books in the corpus, concern mainly the end of the Roman Republic and take a conflict based approach to history. " [Wkpd] “ Second, but first complete, edition of Appianus; the editio princeps had been published by Charles Estienne in 1551. In this second edition Henri Estienne incorporates the Iberica (Wars in Spain” ) and Hannibalica (” Hannibalic Wars” ), which had not yet...