Historiarum ab urbe condita libri qui supersunt XXXV. Cum supplementis librorum amissorum a J. Freinshemio concinnatis. Recensuit & notis illustravit J.B.L. Crevier.

  • Livy
  • Parisiis [Paris]: Sumptibus & impensis Gabrielis-Francisci Quillau, et Joannis Desaint 1735
  • Dibdin II 169.

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6 vols., 4to, pp. [ii], xcix, [i], 728, [4]; [iv], 750, [2]; 813, [1]; [iv], 802, [6]; [iv], 743, [15]; [iv], 318. Contemporary mottled calf, spines divided by raised bands, red morocco labels, other compartments tooled or lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges speckled red and brown. Some foxing and toning, occasional dustsoiling. Lightly scratched and somewhat rubbed, spine ends and some corners worn, a few joints cracked but all sound. French bibliographical note in an early hand to flyleaf verso in vol. 1, armorial bookplates of Owen Williams Esqr of Temple House Bar, Berks.

Notes

The first printing of Crevier's edition of Livy, complete with the supplement volumes containing the completion of the missing books by Frensheim and the index volume. The full set having appeared over seven years, some purchasers evidently stopped after the first three volumes which provided the original surviving 35 books of Livy's history.
Crevier's efforts were considerable but quickly surpassed in both quality and extent by Drakenborch, whose seven-volume edition overlapped it, appearing at Amsterdam between 1738 and 1746. Nevertheless, Crevier's work remained a standard of sorts, being reprinted a number of times over the following century across Europe and England.

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