Shelfmark
Fd.3.15
Author
Uniform title
[Works. English]
Title
The annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The description of Germanie.
Varying form of title
Added title page title: End of Nero and beginning of Galba
Varying form of title
Annales of Cornelivs Tacitvs. The description of Germanie
Publication, distribution, etc.
Printed at London : By Arnold Hatfield for Iohn Norton, M. DC. IIII. [1604, i.e. 1605].
Physical description
[8], 271, [1]; [6], 12, 227, [3] p. : ill. (metal cut) ; Fo.
Note
"The end of Nero and beginning of Galba. ... The third edition." has separate dated title-page, pagination, and register. The translator's dedication is signed: Henry Sauile.
Note
Printer's and publisher's names from colophon, which is dated 1605.
Note
Translator's dedication signed: Richard Grenewey.
Note
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Note
Illustration on leaf ²T recto.
Note
Head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 23645
Citation/references note
ESTCS, 117624
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Front flyleaf has inscription: "William Rollaston".
Binding
Contemporary English dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border with gold tooled single fillet superimposed and fleur-de-llys fleurons at each corner; gold tooled bandwork centrepiece; gold tooled single fillet on spine; gold tooled title; five raised bands; title written on fore-edge.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fd.5.7.
Subject
Subject
Germanic peoples Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome History Flavians, 69-96.
Subject
Rome History Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
Added entry--name
Norton, John, ? - 1612 printer.
Added entry--name
Hatfield, Arnold, ? - d. 1612 printer.
Added entry--name
Greenwey, Richard translator.
Added entry--name
Savile, Henry, 1549 - 1622 Sir, translator.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B28611