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L. Annaeus Florus

Florus, Lucius Annaeus, Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632-1703, Chacón, Pedro, 1527-1581, Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708 · 1680 · Trajecti Batavorum [Utrecht, Netherlands] : Apud Joannem Ribbium · 125 pictures

A 1680 Latin edition of the Roman history by Lucius Annaeus Florus, edited by Johannes Georgius Graevius and printed at Utrecht by Joannes Ribbius for scholars and classical readers. Its pictures are engraved roundels of coins and portraits, each set in a beaded border with Latin legends, showing profile heads of Roman rulers and queens in a plain, precise line style a designer could borrow for medallion frames and numismatic motifs.

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