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Daniel and Armanda Good Pebble House Swanton Road Gunthorpe, NR24 2NS Norfolk, United Kingdom Tel: +44(0)1328-830609
XII. Caesares ... annotata in eundem, & loca aliquot restituta per D. Erasmum Roterd. & Gysbertum Longolium.
Cologne, Fabritius 1553.
8vo. 672 pages, 15 leaves. Illustrated with fine woodcut initials. Fine original blind stamped calf.
VD16 ZV 14806. see Adams S 2048 who only notes a later edition. Fine edition with commentaries by Gallo and Erasmus of Rotterdam. Suetonius’ most enduring work consisting of a set of biographies of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar until Domitian, entitled De Vita Caesarum. Superb blind stamping dated 1549 with the themes Spes, Fortitudo, Fides, Caritas. Over wood with two intact brass clasps. - Binding rubbed and with clasps neatly restored; spine a little worn as is upper joint, although holding well; minor spotting and age toning.
£720.00
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