77/2283 [Classical antiquity and neolatinism]. Livius, T. Historiarum quod extat. Ed. I.F. Gronovius. Amst., D. Elzevier, 1678, 788p., engr. title, printed in 2 columns, contemp. blindst. double panelled vellum w. central floral ornament, sm. 8vo.

- Lacks first free endpaper; both pastedowns sl. dam.; partly sl. waterstained/ trifle wormholed; upper hinge weak; a few lvs. w. pencil annots. Vellum sl. stained; two owner's entries in pen and ink on frontcover.

= Willems 1548: "Cette édition, qui renferme en un seul volume toute l'histoire de Tite-Live, est imprimée sur deux colonnes, avec caractères d'une extrème finesse et d'une grande netteté." Schweiger p.534: "In Frankr. wird diese Ausg. in guten Exx. sehr gesucht u. theuer bezahlt". Dibdin II, p.167: "These are the excellent editions of Gronovius, of which the first is a very neat and valuable one (...). The edition of 1678 is in one volume, in double columns, and may be pronounced a master-piece of printing. The text of Livy had never before appeared in so small a space (...)."