Fe.7.17
[De vita Caesarum]
C. Suetonij Tranquilli XII. Cæsares, Theod. Pulmanni Craneburgij opera & studio emendati. In eosdem annotationes, atque lectionis varietates ex doctissimorum hominum scriptis, & ex vetustis, vulgatísque libris, ab eodem collectæ. Eiusdem C. Suetonij Tranquilli, De illustribus grammaticis, & claris rhetoribus, libri II. Cum Achillis Statij Lusitani commentatione. Ioan. Baptistæ Egnatij, D. Erasmi Roterodami, & Henr. Lorîti Glareani, in Suetonium annotationes..
Portion of title: XII Caesares
C. Svetonii Tranqvilli XII. Cæsares
C. Suetonii Tranquilli XII. Caesares
Antuerpiæ, : Ex officina Christophori Plantini architypographi Regii., M.D.LXXIIII. [1574]
2 pts. in 1 v. (316, [12]; 35, [1], 58, [6], 59-118, [4] p.) : music ; 18 cm. (8vo)
"C. Suetonij Tranquilli Libri II. De inlustribus grammaticis, et claris rhetoribus: cum Achillis Statij Lusitani commentatione." has separate title-page and pagination.
Printer's device on each title page.
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington inside back cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Ms. ex-libris in a late 17th-century hand of Alex[ander] Roberts with motto and indication of price "1s. 8d.". Note in card catalogue: cf. Venn. I, 113 (Caius).
17th-century English brown calf; borders formed of blind triple fillets; covers with gold-stamped Tudor royal arms; gold-tooled sunflower ornament in spine compartments; five raised bands; ms. vellum guards (Bible).
Some marginalia and ms. notes on flyleaves.
Previously Cb.7.13.
Emperors Rome Biography Early works to 1800.
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520 - 1589 printer.
Poelmann, Theodor, 1510 - 1607? editor.
Suetonius, ca. 69 - ca. 122 De grammaticis et rhetoribus.
Glareanus, Henricus, 1488 - 1563 commentator.
Egnazio, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1478 - 1553 commentator.
Erasmus, Desiderius, ? - d. 1536 commentator.
Estaço, Aquiles, 1524 - 1581 commentator.
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Belgium Antwerp.
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