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Suetonii Tranquilli Liber illustrium virorum.

Nepos, Cornelius, attributed name.; Pliny, the Younger, attributed name.; Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122, attributed name.; Maccagni, Domenico, 1438-1520?, commentator.; Sertorio, Giovanni Tomaso, active 16th century, editor.; Schürer, Matthias, approximately 1470-1519, printer.
1517
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Title
Suetonii Tranquilli Liber illustrium virorum.
Uniform title
De viris illustribus urbis Romae.
Created/published
Argentorati : Ex aedibus Matthiae Schurerij, mense Martio, anno MDXVII [1517]
Description
[4], XLV, [1] leaves : coat of arms ; 20 cm (4to)
Associated name
Nepos, Cornelius, attributed name.
Pliny, the Younger, attributed name.
Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122, attributed name.
Maccagni, Domenico, 1438-1520?, commentator.
Sertorio, Giovanni Tomaso, active 16th century, editor.
Schürer, Matthias, approximately 1470-1519, printer.
Note
Ascribed successively to Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, and Cornelius Nepos.

Edited by Giovanni Tomaso Sertorius.

Signatures: a-b⁴ c⁸ d⁴ e⁸ f-g⁴ h⁸ i⁶.

Includes life of Cornelius Nepos.

Schürer's woodcut armorial device on colophon.
Cited/described in
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), P 3513
Genre/form
Clasps.
Annotations.
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Strasbourg.

Call number
PA8503 1519 copy 2 item 2 Cage
Folger-specific note
In contemporary half leather binding with blind rolls and tooling (rebacked) over bevelled wooden boards; remains of a single clasp. Heavily annotated in Latin in a variety of early hands. Slips with manuscript notes tipped in (some keyed to text). Some manuscript notes in red ink. Bound 2nd in a volume with 3 other items.
Folger accession
192645

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