Vitae Caesarum - Compiled biographies of the Roman Emperors from the 16th century
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Object number
LIB065
Object: |
Vitae Caesarum, an early compilation of the biographies of Roman Emperors. While the style and collatio are following Sueton's famous De Vitae Caesarum, this edition is much richer, including the works of many other ancient authors as a source. With 2 printer's marks and many woodcut initials. Partially edited by the famous Erasmus of Rotterdam and Giovanni Battista Egnazio. |
Title page: |
VITAE CAESARVM QVARVM SCRIPTORES HI C. Suetonius Tranquillus Aelius Spartianus Aelius Lampridius Trebellius Pollio Herodianus Pomponius Laetus Dion Cassius Iulius Capitolinus Vulcatius Gallicanus Flavius Vopiscus Sex. Aurelius Victor Io. Baptista Egnatius Eutropii libri X. integrati pristinae redditi. Ammianus Marcelinus longe alius quam antehac unquam. Annotationes D. Erasmi Rot. & Baptistae Egnatii in vitas Caess. Accesserunt in hac editione Velleii Paterculi libri II. ab innumeris denuo vendicati erroribus, addito indice copiosissimo. |
Collation:: |
1 empty sheet 1 title page with large printer's mark, C. Suetonii Tranvilli Vita on recto 3 sheets: Dedication by Erasmus of Rotterdam: ILLVSTRISSIMIS SAXOniae dvcibvs, federico sacri imperi electori etc. 6 sheets: Annotata 810 pages, thereof #471/472 empty. 33 sheets: Index 1 empty page, on recto printer's mark 1 empty sheet |
Publisher/ Printer: |
H. Froben & N. Episcopius, Basel, September 1546
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Format: |
Folio, 34 cm x 23 cm. Half-leather binding from the 19th century |
Condition: |
Overall, very good condition, appropriate for the age of the volume. Pages partially slightly brown or stained, few notes on margins. Hand-written ownership note on first page. Half-leather binding from the 19th century, book case almost loose.
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References: |
Vander Haeghen II, 31 Graesse III, 303 Schweiger II. 384 Graesse, as well as Schweiger, highlight the edition by an unknown but very perceptive and learned scholar. |
Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 from a German antiquarian auction house.
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Echtheit: |
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