Shelfmark
Ic4.4.04
Author
Uniform title
[De vita Caesarum. English & Latin.]
Title
C. Suetonii Tranquilli XII Cæsares. Cum Libera Versione, in qua Idiomatis Anglici ratio, quam maxime fieri potuit, habita est. or, the Lives of the Twelve First Roman Emperors, writ by C. Suetonius Tranquillus. With a Free Translation, due Regard has been had to the Propriety of the English Tongue. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.
Edition
The second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-Noster-Row., M DCC XXXIX. [1739]
Physical description
viii, 364, [8] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Titlepage in red and black.
Note
English and Latin texts in two columns.
Note
Signatures: A-Z⁴, Aa-Zz⁴, Aaa⁴, Bbb².
Citation/references note
ESTC, T150791
Provenance
Eton College Library bookplate.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: "Thomas Elland Ejus Liber Anno Domini 1741-2 [and price?]".
Binding
18th century light brown calf binding; blind tooled perimeter frame and ornament roll parallel to the spine; five raised bands; three cord sewing supports; gold tooling around the outer edges of the boards; red stained edges.
Subject
Emperors Rome Biography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Bettesworth, Arthur, ? - -1739 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hitch, Charles, ? - -1764 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B38131