The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius 1645
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius 1645
Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum annotat diversorum. Amsterodami: Lanssonium, 1645.
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A very rare printing of Suetonius' Twelve Caesars with a beautiful engraved title page depicting the Twelve with their portraits taken from coins.
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Size: 57 x 112 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[t.p., 397pp, 12pp (index)]
Contemporary (original) full leather binding, heavily rubbed with loss. Both boards remain attached with the binding secure. Completely unrestored, and thus in completely original condition. Boards with a tendency to splay outwards as typical for these sized bindings of this period. Without any pastedowns or blanks/endpapers, probably as bound. Title page near detached with some loss, ragged at edges. The first few leaves are also a bit ragged at their edges, but the majority of the text block's leaves are normal. Text block mildly toned but generally very clean throughout.