Michael Maittaire — Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, et al, 1806. Leather. An early nineteenth century edition of Maittaire's biography of Cornelius Nepos, in a full calf binding. A biography about the Roman biographer Cornelius Nepos. In Latin. Michael Maittaire, (1668 - 1747), was a French born British classical scholar, bibliographer, and typographer. From "the early 1700s he devoted himself to scholarship and began to publish extensively, nearly seventy individual works being attributed to him, mostly in the fields of classics and typography. He lived for much of his life at various residences in London. In a full contemporary calf binding. Externally, rubbed to the extremities, with a small section missing from the front and rear board, and one small instance of past worming to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional spot. With an ink signature to the bottom margin of page 29. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .