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SUETONIUS, Caius

In hoc volumine haec continentur. C. Suetonij Tranquilli XII. Caesares. Sexti Aurelij Victoris a D. Caesare Augusto usq(ue) ad Theodosium excerptae. Eutropij de gestis Romanorum lib. X. Pauli Diaconi libri VIII ad Eutropij historiam additi [...]. Index [.

Venice
Aldine Press (Heirs of Aldus the Elder)
May 1521

€450 - €600

8vo: [60]-320 ff. Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Printed in italics. Capital spaces with guide-letters. (incl. blank D8; occasional minor dampstaining in some quires). Contemp. blind-stamped leather, covers with blind frames, gilt central ornament and gilt corner pieces, spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, spine and head def., front flyleaves gone). Very good copy

Repr. of the 1516 Aldine edition with the addition of Erasmus' annotations and preface taken from the 1518 Froben ed. of the Historiae Augustae scriptores. Ref. Edit16 37658. - Renouard 91:7. - Ahmanson-Murphy 201. - Erasmus Online 4704. - Adams S-2035. Prov. Charles Groffier (collection auctioned 1955; ticket)

Humanism Early printing