FLORUS, Lucius Julius [i.e. Annaeus]

The Roman Histories

      1636. 1. FLORUS, Lucius Julius [i.e. Annaeus]. The Roman Histories of Lucius Iulius Florus from the Foundation of Rome till Caesar Augustus, for above DCC yeares & from thence to Trajan, near CC years, divided by Florus into IV ages. London, Printed by R. Bishop, to be sold by Fr. Bowman in Oxford, 1636. 12mo. [1]f., [xxii]336pp. Third edition of E. M. Bolton's translation, first published in 1619. Engraved title showing a Roman centurion, and the four "ages of Rome" described in niches. Lacking final blank, otherwise internally fine, in early calf, ruled in blind. A few minor chips to extremities of covers.