Vitae excellentium imperatorum
Cornelius Nepos (99-24 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1784
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3159333
Summary
Bibliographic description
350, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. illus., engr. frontis..16 cm (12mo). Damaged spine, partially wanting. Pencil marks on front flyleaf verso. Provenance: Adhered to front pastedown: armorial bookplate of Henry Rowland Brandreth. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf (very worn), double gilt fillets to form a border.Gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins. Gilt-ruled and decorated spine, red spine-label. Swirl marbled endpapers. Gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Cornelius Nepos (99-24 BC)