JS These initials likely refer to a previous owner or a library cataloger.

JOHN LAURENCE(I) original: "Joannes Laurentius"

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(THE LYDIAN)us The author, John Lydus (6th century AD), was a Byzantine scholar and administrator whose work provides a rare look at the evolution of Roman government offices.

NOW PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND ENLARGED WITH A TRANSLATION, NOTES, AND INDEXES

BY JEAN DOMINIQUE FUSS.

WITH A PREFACE BY

KEEPER OF GREEK AND LATIN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE IMPERIAL LIBRARY OF PARIS

UNDER THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR.

AT THE HOUSE OF S. AND J. LUCHTMANS,

PRINTERS TO THE ACADEMY,

1812.