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SPARTIANUS, Aelius a.o.

Historiæ Augustæ scriptores VI. Cum integris notis I. Casauboni, Cl. Salmasii & J. Gruteri. Cum Indicibus locupletissimis Rerum ac Verborum
Leiden
ex off. Hackiana
1671
€200 - €300

2 vol. in-8vo, (14), 1049, (79); 866, (78, last 4 blank) pp. With 2 engraved title-pages by G. Wingendorp & woodcut printer's device. Contemporary vellum bindings. Lives of the Roman Emperors from Hadrian to the rise of Diocletian. This work blends historical fact with anecdote, legend, and at times outright invention. The enigmatic six author's names could be pseudonyms of one single author writing in the 4th century AD. Ref. Graesse III, 304; Schweiger II, 385: ""Eine der seltneren Ausg. c. not. varior.""
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M. Valerius MARTIALIS. Epigrammata. Leiden, Fr. Hacke, 1661. 8vo, (16), 794, (46 index) pp.,engraved title-page, contemporary vellum binding. Heraldic bookplate Vosmaer. + C. SUETONIUS Tranquillus. [Opera] Editio Quarta. Leiden, ex off. Fr. Hacke, 1662. 8vo, (32), 845, (88) pp, engraved title-page, with engraved portraits of 12 Roman emperors. Contemporary vellum binding, soiled (together: 4 vol.)

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