Folio: 3 parts, [12]-251-[1 bl.] (+ folding table), [8]-187-[1 bl.], [8]-48-[21, 1 bl.] pp. Woodcut mark on title and part titles. A few sm. woodcuts in text. (missing final blank; toned, occasional spotting, single wormhole). Contemp. gold-tooled sheep, covers with gilt ornamental border and large central IHS ornament, gilt spine with 5 raised bands and morocco label, marbled edges, marbled endpapers (rubbed, front joint splitting). Good copy
First folio ed. of Justus Lipsius' scholarly edition of the works of the Roman historian Tacitus, being an enlarged and corrected version of the previous 1574 and 1581 editions. This folio edition was printed in Leiden, but most copies received Plantin's Antwerp address. With Lipsius' dedicatory letter to Chr. Plantin and liminary verse by i.a. Janus Lernutius and Franciscus Modius.
Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2279B (and 1562B, 1563B). - Bibl. Belg. V:291-292 T-66. - BT 4458. - Bibl. Lips. Brux.
386. - Adams T-33. Prov. Extensive marginal annotations to pp. 1-95 (cropped)