Author: Velleius Paterculus, Marcus: (Burmann, Pieter, ed.:)

Title: Quae supersunt ex historiae romanae voluminibus doubus: cum integris scholiis, notis, variis lectionibus, et animadversionibus doctorum. [?].

Publication: Rotterodami [Rotterdam]: Joh. Danielem Beman & Filium, 1756.

Description: Second ed., 'auctior & emendatior', 8vo., pp.[xl], 748, [cxviii] + added engraved title-page (dated 1744). Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and endpieces, typographic headpieces, 2-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Vellum prize binding, spine gilt with title added in ink, blind-tooled borders and frames, gilt corner-pieces and gilt centrepieces with arms of Leiden, edges sprinkled red. Spine a little grey but boards very clean, corners a little bumped, ties lost.

Reprint of second edition of Burmann's Vellius Paterculus, the first edition having appeared in Leiden in 1719 and the second in 1744. 'These are very excellent editions,' writes Dibdin, 'the second is a reimpression of the first, with considerable improvements. Ernesti and Harwood give the first a very high character. Both of these productions contain the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors, with other matter; which, however, may be considered more voluminous than useful. [?] Dr. Harwood says, some title-pages have Rotterdam, 1756: in the Pinelli Cat. no. 7813, I find an edit. Lug. Bat. 1756.' This copy is a prize-binding of the Latin school in Leiden, a so-called praemium scribendi for the pupil with best results in calligraphy, a compulsory school subject on the Latin schools in the Netherlands till ca. 1762. This stamp was used in the period 1729-1762. Hence the two quills with the arms of Leiden. See Jan Spoelder's book Prijsboeken op de Latijnse school, p. 626 and p. 630 (note 1).

Bibliography: Dibdin II, 525. Spoelder pp. 626 & 630.

Reference Number: [55235]

Price: £225

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