Shelfmark
Fd.4.13
Author
Collective uniform title
Works.
Title
C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quæ exstant. Iustus Lipsius postremùm recensuit. Additi commentarii meliores pleniorésque, cum curis secundis. Accessit seorsim C. Velleius Paterculus cum eiusdem LispI auctioribus notis.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Opera quae extant
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antuerpiæ, : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum., M. DC. [1600]
Physical description
5 parts ([12], 385, [11]; [8], 246, [2]; lxxxii, [30]; [2], 69, [11]; 48, [4] p.) ; Fo.
Note
Each section has its own t.p., pagination and registration.
Note
Main title-page bears engraved printer's device. The other title-pages bear a woodcut printer's device, as does the final leaf of the third part.
Note
Woodcut initials; head-pieces; printed marginalia.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Iusti LipsI ad Annales Cor. Taciti liber commentarius variis in locis vtiliter auctus -- Iusti LipsI ad Libros historiarum notæ -- C. Velleius Paterculus cum animaduersionibus Iusti LispI -- Iusti LipsI C. Velleium Paterculum animaduersiones: quas recenter auxit & emendauit.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; gold stamped Eton College arms; holes for nails of clasps and chains; blind tooled double fillet on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; six raised bands; vellum mend at head of spine.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Cb.5.6 and Cb.3.9.
Subject
Tacitus, Cornelius Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800.
Subject
Rome History.
Added entry--name
Lipsius, Justus, 1547 - 1606 editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Moretus, Jan, 1543 - 1610 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp
Identifier
B28958