1579 GOTHIC Barbarians History
Visigoths ROME Vandals RARE Cassiodorus & Isidore
An exceedingly rare 16th-century
printing of Visigoth and Ostrogoth history. This impressive Nivelle folio
includes writings from 6th-century Roman historians Isidore of Seville
and Cassiodorus. Both of these two historians are considered to be two of the
most important historians of this era providing context to the reigns of
Visigoth kings, the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman world,
chronologically listing Goth and Roman rulers, and most notably the reign of Theodoric the
Great and the Ostrogoth Empire.
This impressive, two-work
tome features each of Cassiodore’s works including his ‘Septem Disciplinis’
– instructions to his students on the seven disciplines of liberal arts and
biblical study including rhetoric, idioms, vocabulary and etymology,
arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.
Published in 1579, this
book also contains works from lesser-known historians including Jordanes, a 6th-century
Gothic historian, Sidonius Apollinaris, and Magnus Felix Ennodius. Truly, an
impressive and extensive work of ancient Roman and Gothic history.
Item number: #25441
Price: $1250
PITHOU, Pierre [edit.]
Codicis legvm Wisigothorvm, libri XII : Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi De
Gothis, Wandalis, et Svevis historia siue chronichon… Variarum libri XII. De
anima liber I. De institutione divinarum scripturarum
Paris: Apud Sebastianum Nivellium, Ciconiis, 1579.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages; 2 works
o “Isidore” – [8], 244
o “Cassiodori” – [12], 484; 34 (i.e., 32); 492-516, [44]
§ Imprint, dating is false – this work was published in 1579, same as the
Isidore, but incorrectly dated 1589
· References:
USTC 170477 & 170509
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum;
tight and secure
· Size: ~14.5in X 9.5in (37cm x 24cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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