Caji Suetonii Tranquilli Opera, et in illa commentarius Samuelis Pitisci, quo antiquitates Romanæ, tum ab interpretibus doctissimis, Beroaldo, Sabellico, Egnatio, Ursino, Grutero, Torrentio, Casaubono, Marcilio, Boxhornio, Graevio, Babelonio etiam explicatæ, tum ab illis neglectae, ex auctoribus idoneis permultis, Graecis & Latinis, veteribus & recentioribus, perpetuo tenore explicantur. Huic accedunt index auctorum obiter explicitorum, & rerum absolutissimus: Imperatorum, Imperatoresque arctissimo gradu contingentium icones: & figurae ex veterum monumentis ad historiam illustrandam depromptae in aes eleganter incisa. ...
Suetonius (c.69-c.122)
Category
Books
Date
1690
Materials
Place of origin
Utrecht
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3032838
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., [40] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 8vo. Bookseller’s price code on vol. 1 front pastedown. Manuscript inscription on vol. 1 flyleaf in a seventeenth-century hand: Suetonius Pitisci 2 vol. 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 sprinkled calf over boards, remains of gilt spine tooling, gilt roll on board edges, red and blue mottled edges (faded). Old silverfish grazing damage to foot of all covers.
Makers and roles
Suetonius (c.69-c.122) Samuel Pitiscus (1637-1727), editor