C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quae exstant, / a Iusto Lipsio postremum recensita, eiusque auctis emendatisque commentariis illustrata: item C. Velleius Paterculus cum eiusdem Iusti LipsI auctioribus notis.
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115)
Category
Books
Date
1668
Materials
Place of origin
Antwerp
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3030461
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 547, [33], 36, 84, [16] p. ; fol. Provenance: armorial bookplate: The Honble. Charles Yorke [i.e. Charles Yorke (1722-1770), younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; Lord Chancellor, 1770]. Binding: seventeenth-century Dutch vellum over boards on six raised cords, double gilt fillet and floral tool on spine, brown spine label, double gilt fillet with inner compartment, corner- and centrepiece design on covers, holes for and remains of two pairs of pink silk ties (possibly over vellum thong cores).
Makers and roles
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115), author Lipsius, Justus, editor Velleius Paterculus, ca. 19 B.C.-ca. 30 A.D, author Johann von Wowern (Hamburg 1574 - Schleswig 1612), editor