Justinus. Ex Trogo Pompeio Historia, Hagenau, apud Iohan. Secer, 1526, 4to, Roman type, woodcut title border and initials (light worming of title and preliminaries affecting title border and several characters, extensive manuscript annotations in red ink), contemporary half pigskin over wood (clasps lacking). [Schweiger II, 487] -- Torquatus (Antonius): Prognosticon de Eversione Europae, Antwerp, apud Martinum Nutium, 1552, sm. 8vo (first two leaves soiled at margins), modern calf-backed boards. [Adams T811; Belgica Typographia I, 4543] (2)

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Justinus. Ex Trogo Pompeio Historia, Hagenau, apud Iohan. Secer, 1526, 4to, Roman type, woodcut title border and initials (light worming of title and preliminaries affecting title border and several characters, extensive manuscript annotations in red ink), contemporary half pigskin over wood (clasps lacking). [Schweiger II, 487] -- Torquatus (Antonius): Prognosticon de Eversione Europae, Antwerp, apud Martinum Nutium, 1552, sm. 8vo (first two leaves soiled at margins), modern calf-backed boards. [Adams T811; Belgica Typographia I, 4543] (2)

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The History of the World of Pompeius Trogus has perished and was only preserved in the highly-regarded abridgement of Justinus.

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