Original title-leaf from In Trogum Pompeium libri..

by Justinus

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WOODCUT TITLE LEAF. JUSTINUS. Original title-leaf from In Trogum Pompeium libri quadraginta quatuor. Woodcut border surrounding text. Matted. Vienna: Joannes Singrenius for Leonardus & Luca Alantse, 1517.An elaborate woodcut title-border illustrating this scarce edition of Justinus' epitome - our only surviving record - of the Augustan historian Pompeius Trogus' History. The present woodcut border is populated

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