Ammiani Marcellini Rerum Gestarum Qui De Xxxi Supersunt, Libri Xviii
Ammianus Marcellinus
(Roman, 325 or 330–about 391)
Jacobus Gronovius
(Dutch, 1645–1716)
Pieter van der AA
(Dutch, 1659–1733)
Romeyn de Hooghe
(Dutch, 1645–1708)
1693
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with etched illustrations
DimensionsOverall: 24.4 x 20.1 x 5.6 cm (9 5/8 x 7 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number2016.867
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
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ProvenanceRichard Porson (b.1759 - d. 1808); June 16, 1809, Porson library sale, Leigh and Sotheby, London, lot 172, for £16.0 to William Henry Lunn (bookseller) (d. 1815), London. July 20, 1820, inscribed by J. C. Bank. Reverend William Shepherd (b. 1768 - d. 1847); December, 1848, probably sold as part of Shepherd’s library in Liverpool. Early 1990s, part of the estate of a private collection, Toronto, ON; passed by descent to Monika Griffiths, Toronto; 2015, sold by Monika Griffiths to an anonymous collector, Brookline, MA; 2016, anonymous year-end gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 2017)
