RARE 1740 edition of the history of ancient world (from the foundation of Nineveh to 1st-century AD) by the Latin historian Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus), an abridgement of the voluminous "Historiae Philippicae et Totius Mundi Origines et Terrae Situs" (Philippic Histories) written in the time of Augustus by Pompeius Trogus, whose work is lost. 170x110mm. 318 pages. Contemporary leather Hardcover. Decorated blue paper pasted on spine and part of cover. Cover and spine curved, wavy and worn. Cover corners bumped. Rear cover corners and spine edges partly peeling. Pasted decorated paper edges tattered. Spine and spine hinges rubbed. Spine edges peeling. Several small wormholes on front cover and spine hinges. Front inner cover upper corner peeled. Several small wormholes on front and rear inner covers. Binding visible on rear inner cover. Two small holes and several stains on title page edges - NO damage to text. Single small worm-mark on four last pages (315-318) upper edge and rear inner cover - NO damage to text. Last page (318) stained with slight damage to text, nevertheless readable. Pages yellowing, slightly age-stained and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare edition of ancient world history, used extensively in the Middle Ages and still of value to any serious student of ancient history, is in good condition for its age.