Lot 338
Julianus, Emperor. De Caesaribus Sermo, first edition, Greek and Latin text, errata leaf at end, light soiling, library stamp of F.H. Baynes, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, 8vo, Paris: Dionysius Vallenses, 1577 Of this work, Gibbon notes in Decline and Fall, 'The philosophical fable which Julian composed under the name of the Caesar is one of the most agreeable and instructive productions of ancient wit.'
