C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quæ exstant, a Iusto Lipsio postremum recensita, eiusque auctis emendatisque commentariis illustrata: item C. Velleius Paterculus cum eiusdem Iusti LipsI auctoribus notis.
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115)
Category
Books
Date
1648
Materials
Place of origin
Antwerp
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3194314
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],547,[37]; 36; 84,[16] p. ; fol. Old ink note on endpaper: Histories p. 41. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over eighteenth-century armorial bookplate of Richard Banner. Binding: seventeenth-century blind stamped vellum; six raised bands; blind tooled spine; gold lettered red spine label: Tacitus Lipsii.
Makers and roles
Cornelius Tacitus (c.55-after 115), author Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), author Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c.19 BC – c.30 AD), , author