C. Cornelius Tacitus de moribus Germanorum, et de vita Agricolæ; ex editione Gabrielis Brotier ad alteram Joh. Aug. Ernesti collatâ.
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115)
Category
Books
Date
1788
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3025975
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],39,[3],48,[2]p. . 12mo. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: card catalogue entry for this copy of the book, with twentieth-century manuscript medical notes on verso.. Provenance: Late eighteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered "The Right Honourable Wilmot Earl of Lisburne, in the Kingdom of Ireland." [i.e. Wilmot Vaughn, 1st Earl of Lisburne (1730-1800). Thus this copy is, as noted on loosely inserted card entry, from the library at Crosswood Park, Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, home of the Earls of Lisburne]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991).. Binding: Late eighteenth-century full red morocco over boards; single gilt fillet; gilt border on inside edges; marbled endpapers; gilt spine title "Taciti German: & Agric:".
Makers and roles
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115) Gabriel Brotier (1723-1789)