C. Corn. Tacitus ex I. Lipsii editione cum not. et emend. H. Grotii. (1-2.)
by TACITUS, Gaius Cornelius
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Leiden, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1640. 12mo. Engr. title,+ (14),+ 400 pp.+ fold. printed tab; (2),+ 403-726, (2), 727-746,+ (16) pp. With one full page engraving in pag. Contemporary full vellum, red marbled edges. From the library of Bengt Lassen. USTC 1028607. Schweiger p. 1002. Willems 509. Berghman 2146. Ter Meulen 515. Moss II, p. 643. Dibdin II, p. 452 ”It is one of the scarcest of the Elzevier classics,...”. The third and best Elzevir editon of Tacitus, and the only with the commentaries and annotations by Hugo Grotius, here published for the first time. A classic and rare edition with the sometimes missing ”Stemmata Augustae domus” present. The page engraved by Cornelius Cl. Duysent depicts Augustus, Livia and Tiberius. The first part contains ”Annals”, the second ”Histories”, ”Germania”, ”Agricola”, ”Dialogus de oratoribus”, and the commentaries by Grotius. Bengt Lassen (1908-74) var hovrättsråd och åren 1953-73 VD för Norstedts förlag. Han var en duktig latinist och hade en fin samling romerska författare. Han figurerar i bakgrunden i Maria Langs deckare ”Mördarens bok”.
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- C. Corn. Tacitus ex I. Lipsii editione cum not. et emend. H. Grotii. (1-2.)
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- TACITUS, Gaius Cornelius
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