[Polybiou tou Lykorta Megalopolitou Historion ta sozomena] = Polybii Lycortæ F. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt

Polybius, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL), Aeneas, Tacticus, 4th cent. B.C, Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614, tr, Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716, ed, Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, fl. 1642-1681, publisher, Someren, Joannes van, publisher, Mathijsz, Severijn, printer, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner · 1670 · Amstelodami : Ex officinâ Johannis Janssonii à Waesberge, & Johannis van Someren · 1 picture

A 1670 Amsterdam edition of Polybius's Greek and Latin histories, printed by Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge and partners for scholarly readers of classical history, with Isaac Casaubon's Latin translation. The single picture is a dense, symmetrical ornamental headpiece of scrolls, spirals and foliate knots in heavy black ink, a useful reference for designers studying baroque-era book ornament and symmetrical scroll composition.

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