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LOT 1688
Archaeological Books - Du Cange, Du Fresne - Historia Byzantina
PUBLISHED 1964 A.D.
16 1/4 x 10 1/2" (5.40 kg, 41 x 27cm).
du Cange, du Fresne, Carolo, Historia Byzantina duplici commentario illustrata: prior familias ac stemmata imperatorum Constantinopolitanorum, cum eorundem Augustorum Nomismatibus, & aliquot Iconibus: praeterea familias Dalmaticas & Turcicas complectitur: alter descriptionem urbis Constantinopolitanae, qualis extitit sub imperatoribus Christianis; bound with Constantinopolis Christiana, books I to IV; bound with de Imperatorum Constantinopolitanorum, Brussels, 1964 (facsimile reprint of 1680 first edition); cloth hardback; 372 pp. [+ 23pp.] + 180 pp. (+ 3 pl. of Hagia Sophia) + 203 pp. {+4 pp.] + 72 pp. (+XI pl.), illustrated; with Simon Bendall bookplate to front inside cover. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex libris Simon Bendall.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
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LOT 1688
Archaeological Books - Du Cange, Du Fresne - Historia Byzantina
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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