P. Cornelii Taciti Opera.
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115)
Category
Books
Date
1859
Materials
Place of origin
Zurich
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3183792
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. ; 8vo. Imperfect: vol. I only. Heavily annotated in red and black ink, and pencil, up to Book XI of the Annales (including half-title and title pages). Provenance: Inscribed on half-title page: "G.N. Curzon Balliol College Oxford February 1879" [i.e. George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon, 1st Viscount Scarsdale (1859-1925)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's beige paper wrapper, black lettering on covers and spine.
Makers and roles
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115) Johann Georg Baiter (1801 - 1877) Johann Kaspar von Orelli (1787-1849).