Tacitus C. Cornelii Taciti opera Plantinaiara 1595

Tacitus, Cornelius.

Classic literature 1595 I Tacitus, C. Cornelii Taciti opera quae exstant I. Lipsius quintum recensuit. Seorsim excuse commentarii meliores plenioresque, cum curis secondis. Leiden, ex officina Plantiniara F. Raphelengius, 1595 [1 of 2 parts], [16] 720 [14] pp.

Name: Classic literature 1595 I Tacitus, C. Cornelii Taciti opera quae exstant I. Lipsius quintum recensuit. Seorsim excuse commentarii meliores plenioresque, cum curis secondis. Leiden, ex officina Plantiniara F. Raphelengius, 1595 [1 of 2 parts], [16] 720 [14] pp.
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Cardboard binding, discolored and pasted. Some notes and sketches in pen. 165 x 110 mm, 8º: *#8 A-2Z#8 (2Z8 blanco). Several property marks on flyleaves in front and back, among others T. Kieser stud. Gymn., Stuttgart and Karel Kieser. The compass of the printer’s mark is changed to a peeing man with pen.

Text edition of Tacitus’ works by the great humanist and philologist Justus Lipsius (1547 – 1606). The first edition appeared in 1574 with a dedication to emperor Maximilian II, after this edition many more were printed. The letter that Lipsius sent to Plantijn appeared for the first time in the edition of 1581.
Only two works by the Roman historian Tacitus (ca. 55 – 117 AC) are more or less preserved: the ‘Annales,’ in which Tacitus describes the period from the death of Emperor August to the time of Nero (14 – 68 AC), and the ‘Historiae’ concerning the period from Emperor Galba to Emperor Dominitianus (69 – 96 AC). Lipsius was the first to distinguish these two works by Tacitus. Both texts are included in this edition. This edition from 1595 (fifth edition) is a reprint of the edition from 1589 and is often dated wrongly as 1598. This is caused by the broken Roman numeral of the year, so VC was often read as IIC.

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