Cornelius Nepos De vita excellentium imperatorum. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Nicolaus Courtin Humanitatis Professor in Universitate Paris. Jussu Christianissmi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
by NEPOS, Cornelius
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1675 1ed Cornelius Nepos Lives ROME Cato Hannibal Alcibiades Philosophy Delphini
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."
Such names include Themistocles, Hannibal, Alcibiades, Cato the Elder, Atticus, and several military generals from the Punic Wars.
This rare 1675 edition was published in Paris by Leonard – First Delphini edition and first edition to include the notes and commentary of Nicolaus Courtin.
Item number: #7501
Price: $499
NEPOS, Cornelius
Cornelius Nepos De vita excellentium imperatorum. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Nicolaus Courtin Humanitatis Professor in Universitate Paris. Jussu Christianissmi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Parisiis, Apud Fredericum Leonard typographum regis, serenissimi Delphini, & cleri Gallicani, viâ Iacobaeâ, 1675.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [42], 163, [71]
· References: Roberts, Selected Lives from Nepos
· Provenance: Armorial Bookplate
o Possibly belonging to the Scottish clan, Udny of that Ilk
· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~10in X 7.5in (25cm x 19cm)
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- Cornelius Nepos De vita excellentium imperatorum. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Nicolaus Courtin Humanitatis Professor in Universitate Paris. Jussu Christianissmi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
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- NEPOS, Cornelius
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- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- First
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- Hardcover
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- Apud Fredericum Leonard typographum regis, serenissimi Delphini, & cleri Gallicani
- Place of Publication
- Parisiis
- Date Published
- 1675
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- 0.00 lbs
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