THIS VOLUME ONLY - I: TEXTE (`Histoire du Bas-Empire`: Tome Premier - De l`État Romain à l`État Byzantin (284-476): I - Texte). The author - Ernst Edward Aurel Stein (1891-1945), was an eminent Austrian-Jewish Byzantinist and a historian of Late Antiquity. 230x155mm. XVI+406 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Two small bump-marks on front cover bottom corner. Front cover slightly age-stained. Cover corners/edges slightly wrinkled. Spine yellowing and wrinkled. Spine edges slightly worn. Some pages bottom corner slightly bumped/wrinkled. Pages rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare volume from a series of books on Late Roman Empire, written by one of the pioneers and preeminent authorities in the history of Late Antiquity, is in good condition.