Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. Tacitus was a consul, senator and historian of ancient Rome. His "Annals" tells the history of certain Roman Emperors after Augustus and is offered in this deluxe reprint edition with etchings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. --- In full navy leatherette-look cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations on covers & spine, raised spine bands and titling gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt, and with patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A bright, firm, clean copy lacking apparent damages, but with slight scratching to textblock fore-edge gilding. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 375 pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 87271
Title: The Annals of Tacitus
Author: TACITUS
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
Publisher: The Franklin Library
Place of Publication: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1982
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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...