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AMSTERDAM -- THEOPHILUS ANTECESSOR. Paraphrasis Graeca institutionum Caesarearum: (Gr. & Lat.) cum not. integr. Nannii, Curtii, Gothofredi e.a. Lect. var. et prim. edit. et Pithoeano Ms. inseruit, novam vers. concinnavit, suasque animadv. add. G.O. Reitz. The Hague, O. & P. Thollios, 1751. 2 in 1 vol. lxxx, 612; (2), 613-1327 pp. W. 2 engr. ti-vign., 1 engr. vign. & 2 full-p. engr. 4°. Cont. vellum w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam on both sides, surrounded by 2 fillet borders. (Ties & prize fail, a bit browned/foxed).
Until to-day the best complete edition of the Greek paraphrase of Justinian's Institutiones. Theophilus Antecessor was a contemporary of Justinian. - Spoelder 491 (Amst. 10); Hoffmann III, 520; Brunet V, 796: "Édition la meilleure et la plus complète."€ 240
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