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Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum: observationibus ac notis commentariorum, quotquot hactenus innotuêre, illustratae... index rereum & verborum praecedenti multo auctior & emendatior.
by NEPOS, Cornelius
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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1675 Cornelius Nepos Lives ROME Roman Lawyers Philosophy Rhetoric Hackiana
Cornelius Nepos was a 1st-century BC Roman author whose works have mostly all been lost. However, his one surviving work is "Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae" which is a collection of biographical descriptions of Roman and foreign leaders. According to Roberts, this work details
"Roman kings, generals, lawyers, orators, poets, historians, and philosophers."
This rare 1675 printing is a rare edition by Hackiana, features an added, engraved title page, and is bound in impressive vellum.
Item number: #8171
Price: $499
NEPOS, Cornelius
Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum: observationibus ac notis commentariorum, quotquot hactenus innotuêre, illustratae... index rereum & verborum praecedenti multo auctior & emendatior.
Ludg. Batavorum: Ex Officina Hackiana, anno, 1675.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [30], 339 (i.e. 439), [41]
· References: Roberts, Selected Lives from Nepos
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~8in X 4.75in (20cm x 12cm)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum: observationibus ac notis commentariorum, quotquot hactenus innotuêre, illustratae... index rereum & verborum praecedenti multo auctior & emendatior.
- Author
- NEPOS, Cornelius
- Format/Binding
- Vellum; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Officina Hackiana
- Place of Publication
- Ludg. Batavorum
- Date Published
- 1675
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1675 Cornelius Nepos Lives ROME Roman Lawyers Philosophy Rhetoric Hackianarare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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