C. Cornelii Taciti Opera omnia . Ex editione Oberliniana cum notis et interpretatione in usum Delphini variis lectionibus notis variorum justi lipsii excursibus recensu codicum et editionum et indece locupletissimo Accurate recensita.
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115)
Category
Books
Date
1821
Materials
Leather and paper
Measurements
218 x 140 mm; 36 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087669.4
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.4. 8vo.. Some leaves have small sections cut away. With manuscript notes, some in an unidentified nineteenth-century hand, but mainly in the hand of G.O. Trevelyan (1838-1928), of which some are transcribed from Macaulay's marginalia in another edition. Macaulays dates of reading: June 3,6,7, 1836; December 19,21,22, 1837. GOT's dates of reading include: June 11, 19, 1925, Sept 8,24,27 1920. Provenance: Pastedown obscures armorial bookplate of former owner, lettered S.T. Galton (possibly Samuel Tertius Galton, 1783-1844).. Binding: Full leather binding, rebacked; red and green spine labels.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115) Jeremias Jacob Oberlin (1735-1806)