HERODIAN [Heroditus]; ALDUS [ALDINE]:

Historiarum libri VIII, graece pariter & latine,

      . title (with ownership incriptions excised, the paper with early repair) incorporating the aldine printer's device, [1], 2pp [blank], 92 leaves [greek text], 97 leaves [latin text], [1 - with printer's device repeated on verso], contemporary vellum over thick oak boards, a little light damp staining at the beginning and end but a very good copy, "In Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri, September 1524," Venice: Aldus, Sept, 1524. See Adams H377; Renouard p98, No 2. The text is in Greek & Latin. The original Greek text is followed by 'the truly elegant Latin version of Politian, which was first published in a folio volume in 1493, and which had been adopted by so many subsequent editors.' [Dibdin, II, p.14]. Herodian's history of the Roman emperors, from the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180 to the accession of Gordian III in 238. A photograph of this book can be sent on request..