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===by Livy===
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|imagename=LivyTitiLiviiHistoriarum1678TitlePage.jpg
|link=https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3639068
|shorttitle=Titi Livii Historiarum Quod Extat
|author=Livy
|editor=Joannes Fredericus Gronovius
|publoc=Amstelodami
|publisher=Apud D. Elzevirium
|year=1678
|lang=Latin
|pages=[2], 788
|desc=12 mo (16 cm.)
}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livy Titus Livius] (59 BCE–17 CE) was a Roman historian from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padua Patavium], the wealthiest town in northern Italy. His original work ''Books from the Foundation of the City'' covered Roman history from the founding to 9 BCE in 142 books.  Only 35 of those books still survive today, yet they show that Livy wrote as an orator rather than a historian. He had an embellished style and made few references besides those to literary sources.<ref>John Roberts, ed. "[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192801463.001.0001/acref-9780192801463-e-1297 Livy]," in ''Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).</ref> His embellishments and additions create an atmosphere which makes the reader a part of the specific topic’s experience. “His aim was to chronicle the rise of Rome to mastery first of Italy, then of the rest of the Mediterranean world, and to highlight the virtues which produced this result and enabled Rome to defeat Hannibal.”<ref>Ibid.</ref><br/>
[[File:TitiLiviiHistoriarumQuodExtat1678Headpiece.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Headpiece, first page of text.</center>]]''Titi Livii Historiarum Quod Extat'' contains, in the original Latin, the still existing portions of Livy's  historical work.  

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Livius. p. f.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates as much and suggests no specific edition. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists the 1678 Amsterdam edition based on a copy of this edition owned by Jefferson (but not sold to the Library of Congress). The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the 1678 Elzevir edition edited by J.F. Gronovius.

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in dark green Jansenist morocco with gilt edges. Purchased from Hundersdorff Rare Books.

View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3639068 William & Mary's online catalog].

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==External Links==
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