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TACITUS, Gaius Cornelius

Opera omnia quae exstant [...]. I. Lipsius denuo castigauit & recensuit

Antwerp
Chr. Plantin
February 1581

€120 - €180

8vo: [16]-600-[14, 2 bl.] pp. Woodcut mark on title. (toned, occasional minor soiling, part of bottom margin T1 torn off with loss of sheet signature). Contemp. blind-decorated limp vellum, covers with blind ruled border and central oval ornament, flat spine, a.e.g., mod. endpapers (sl. soiled, front joint starting to split). Good ruled copy

Second, corrected Tacitus ed. of LIPSIUS (1st 1574), with the dedication to Plantin. Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2278. - Bibl. Belg. V:290-291 T-64. - Bibl. Lips. Brux. 385. - BT 4457. - Adams T-32. Prov. Numerous contemp. marginal annotations throughout. 'Philippus de Comines' (16th-c. name on lower flyleaf)

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