Suetonius Tranquillus, Caius.
Classic literature 1606 I Quae extant; & in eum M. Zuerii Boxhorni notae. Editio novissima, rerum nominumque propriorum indice nova aucta. Amsterdam, Hendrik Boom and widow of Dirk Boom, 1606, [16]+384+[56] pp.
Contemporary parchment binding. 130 x 80 mm, 12º: *#8 A-S#12 T#4. Engraved title page. On title page with pen: “Langeveld.” Flyleaves loose.
Text edition of Suetonius with comments and a detailed index by professor Boxhorn (1612 – 1653) from Leiden. He wrote Latin poems and comments to many more Roman works. He was the first to classify not only Greek, Germanic, Roman and Slavic languages under Indo-European languages, but also Persian, Sanskrit and the Celtic and Baltic languages. He suggested the existence of a primitive common language which he called “Scythian.” Hendrik Boom and his sister-in-law Johanna, the widow of his brother Dirk, worked together in the bookshop from 1681 to 1709. This is a very rare edition.
ZKL0085
SKU: 25971
€ 539,55(€ 495,00
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