The Romane historie

Title

The Romane historie

Alternative Title

Full title: The Romane historie / vvritten by T. Livius of Padua ; also, the Breviaries of L. Florus, with a chronologie to the whole historie, and topographie of Rome in old time ; translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, doctor in physicke.

Creator

Livy

Publisher

London : Printed by Adam Islip

Date

1600

Format

[10], 1403 [i.e. 1397], [41] pages : 2 portraits (woodcuts) ; 32 cm. (fol.)

Description

The first word of the title is xylographic.

"The topographie of Rome" is a revised translation of: Marliani, Bartolomeo. Topographia antiquae Romae.

The "Breviaries" are a translation of: Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Epitomae rerum Romanarum (for books 46-140 only).

Errors in paging: 805-808, 1352-1353 omitted in numbering.

This was the first of Holland's translations to be published.

Includes index.

Provenance

A few ms. annotations, cropped, in Book 5.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf Collection fund.

Contributor

Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Epitomae de Tito Livio bellorum omnium annorum DCC libri II. Selections. English.
Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637. translator
Marliani, Bartolomeo, -1560. Topographia antiquae Romae. English.
Islip, Adam, -1639, printer.
Schulich-Woolf Collection

Language

English

Identifier

Folio Dated 1600 .L58
STC (2nd ed.) 16613
ESTC S114001
Pforzheimer 495

Files

Folio Dated 1600 L58.jpg

Collection

Citation

Livy, “The Romane historie,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/235.