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273, [14] ff. (Small 8vo) 11.5x7 cm. (4½x2¾"), early full calf stamped in blind and gilt.

"Valerius Maximus flourished in the reign of Tiberius. Nothing is known of his personal history except that his family was poor and undistinguished, and that he owed everything to Sextus Pompeius (consul A.D. 14), proconsul of Asia, whom he accompanied to the East in 27...The style of Valerius's writings seems to indicate that he was a professional rhetorician." (Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition).