Shelfmark
Cc.3.1.15
Author
Uniform title
[De vita Caesarum. English]
Title
The lives of the twelve Caesars, the first emperors of Rome. Written in Latin by C. Suetonius Tranquillus. And now done into English by several hands. With the life of the author, and notes upon those passages which relate to the Roman customs.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed by Tho. Hodgkin, for Samuel Briscoe over against Will's Coffee-House in Russel-street Covent-Garden, 1692.
Physical description
[34], 550p, plate : ports. ; 8vo.
Note
Each 'life' preceded by a portrait.
Note
Signatures: A8 a8 B-2M8 2N4.
Note
Previously Cc.8.21.
Note
Translation (Latin-English ) of "De vita Caesarum".
Note
Re-issue of 1688 ed., with cancel title-page.
Note
Portraits of emperors included in pagination, though printed like plate, on one side only.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S6151; ESTC R26953
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1982. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1342:11).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
?Monogram on covers.
Binding
17th/18th century gold-tooled calf, with central ornament of ?monogram surmounted by crown.
Subject
Emperors Early works to 1800 Rome.
Subject
Rome History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hodgkin, Thomas, fl. 1662 - 1720 printer.
Added entry--name
Briscoe, Samuel bookseller.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B10553