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POLYBIUS (c.205-c.125 B.C). Römische Historien. Basel: by Sebastian Henricpetri, 1574. 2° (304 x 203mm). Collation: ):(8 a-b6 A-B6 C-E2 F-G6 H6 J4 K-O6 P-S2 T-a6 b-g2 h6 i4 k-p.q4 r-t6 v2 y-Bb4 Cc2 Dd-Hh6 Ji2 Kk-Ll6. Title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations and maps in the text, some double-page, final imprint leaf. (Some leaves browned, some dampstained.) Later wrappers of a manuscript leaf over printed waste (slightly soiled, lacks ties). Provenance: 18th-century armorial bookplate; Familie v. Kötss (library stamp inside upper wrapper) -- PLUTARCH (c.46-c.120). Der furtzestlichst Griechisch Historischreiber. Frankfurt-am-Main: by Peter Scheid for Sigmund Feyrabendt, 1580. 2° (328 x 210mm). Collation: (?)4 A-PPpp6 QQqq.. Title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations in the text. (Slightly browned and spotted, ?lacks final leaf.) Contemporary limp vellum (slightly soiled, lacks ties); and 2 others (Plutarch. Ankunfft Leben und Wesen Glück. Kolmar: Bartholomäus Grüninger, 1547, and: Livius, Titus. Dess aller redsprechsten und hochberümpsten geschicht schreiberss Römische Historien. Mainz: Ivo Schöffer, 1546). (4)