De historicis latinis libri tres - Vossius, Gerardus Joannes 1577-1649 (Leiden Maire, 1627)
Gerard John Vossius (1577-1649) was a Dutch classical scholar and theologian. He published numerous works on ancient history and historians, on the origin and history of religions, etc.
In this book Vossius provides valuable information on hundreds of Latin-speaking historians who worked from antiquity to the 16th century.
Contains extensive, compactly written manuscript notes in ink on back matter (from the same hand as '1698' on title page?)
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); History; Biography; Leiden (Netherlands); Barlaeus, C; Scriverius, P