Four books of the histories and Agricola [manuscript], 1591?.

Four books of the histories and Agricola [manuscript], 1591?.

Historiae. Liber 1-4. English

1 v.

Translated from work by Cornelius Tacitus, with notes by Sir Henry Savile. Text published as The ende of Nero and beginning of Galba: Fower bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus, The life of Agricola, 1591 (STC 23642), but the manuscript version of the notes leaves spaces for Greek quotations, and has a few additional notes. Also, A view of certain military matters for the better understanding of the Roman stories (begins on leaf 164), which was first appended to the printed work in 1612 (STC 23646).

Date 1591 is on first page in a later hand.

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Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1279

Tacitus, Cornelius. Agricola. English.
View of certain military matters for the better understanding of the Roman stories.

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