Selectæ e profanis scriptoribus historiæ
Subtitle: Quibus admista sunt varia honeste vivendi præcepta, ex iisdem scriptoribus deprompta
Edition: Hæc editio Philadelphiensis prioribus certe emendatior, et juventati utilior--accurante Ric. Dabney.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 34506
Publisher: Impensis M. Carey, Johnson & Warner, Bennett & Walton, E. Kimber, Ed. Parker, Is. Peirce, Kimber & Richardson, & Ab. Small.
Published: 1815
Place of publication: Philadelphiæ
Language: lat; eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Latin language; Readers; Classical literature
Notes: Selected and translated by Jean Heuzet.

"I have made use of all the ancient profane authors, Greek as well as Latin, ... I have sometimes even blended them, ... together, upon the same fact or the same maxim ... I have generally preferred, ... the Latins to the Greeks ..."--Preface, p. [iii].

This appears to be the version edited by James Ross.

Shaw & Shoemaker 34506

Shaw & Shoemaker 34505

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.