Peter Burman (Roman Taxes) Petri Burmanni Vectigalia Populi Romani, et Zeus Kataibates sive Jupiter Fulgerator, in Cyrrhestarum Nummis Conradum & Georgum Wishoff, Leyden, 1734, First combined edition Engraved general title by Bleyswyck, additional printed title in red and black Contemporary full calf, 25x20 cm, [26], 344, [14] pp.; Two parts, with continuous pagination. Collects two works by the prolific Dutch scholar and Roman historian, Pieter Burmann. The first deals with a Roman tax called the "vectigal", which was applied to revenue "derived from public land, mines, salt-works. etc., and in general to rents derived from State property." - Oxford Classical Dictionary (1949). Condition : See photos