C. Cornelii Taciti; Tacitus; Justus Lipsius — C. Cornelii Taciti Opera Quae Exstant

Antverpiae, Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1648. Leather. A seventeenth century volume collecting together the existing historical works of Cornelius Tacitus. In the original Latin. Engraved device to the title pages, and as tail-pieces, and with engraved initials.Register runs as *8, A-Z6, a-z6, Aa6, Bb8, AA-CC6, Aaa-Ggg6, Hhh7. Collated, complete. This volume collects together the known surviving works of Tacitus, a Roman historian and politician active from cAD56 to c120.Tacitus is considered to be one of the greatest Roman historians, in particular for his two major works 'Annales' and 'Historiae', both of which are included in this volume in their surviving form. Those two works form a continuous history of the Roman Empire, from the death of Augustus in 14 AD, to the end of Domitian's reign in 96 AD. This edition was edited by Justus Lipsius, and C. Velleius Paterculus. Reprinted from the edition of the Plantin presses in 1627. In a rebacked calf binding. Externally, boards are detached but present. Leather is rubbed, resulting in loss of to the joints, extremities, and to the head and tail of the spine. Marks to the boards, including a small dampstain to the rear board. Shelf wear to the extremities. Loss and lifting to the spine label. Patch of worming to the front joint, resulting in loss of leather. Front endpaper is working loose. Small patch of worming to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean, with a small tidemark to a couple of pages. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .