The annals and history of C. Cornelius Tacitus. . Made English by several hands. With the political reflections and historical notes of Monsieur Amelot, de la Houssay; and the learned Sir Henry Savile. Vol. II.
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115)
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3051163
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20],443,[5]p., [1] leaf of plates . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: Aa.5 [Aa.2 in later hand]. Variant edition, with variant pagination. Imperfect: wanting added engraved title page.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: Grey and Booth quarterings, impaling Cavendish-Bentinck, 'standard' version, with a double-tailed lion [i.e. George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford and 1st Earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819)].. Binding: 18th century Cambridge-style calf binding, blind tooled to a rectangular panel design; board edges have gilt roll decoration; gilt spine title: 'Corneli Tacitus vol. II'.
Makers and roles
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115) Abraham-Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaie (1634 - 1706) Sir Henry Savile (1549-1622)