TACITUS, Publius Cornelius Agricola, et in eum Marci Zuerii Boxhornii Commentarius. 1642Leiden,[4]-258-[2] pp. [bound with] BOXHORNIUS, Marcus Zuerius - Apologia adversus Dialogistam pro Commentario ad Agricolam Taciti. Ibid., 1642, 24 pp., 2...
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200 / 240
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360 €
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works in 1 vol. 12mo, 19th-c. marbled boards (rubbed), gilt flat spine, sp. edges (some spotting, 1st title mounted). Good copy.
Very rare ed. and commentary of Tacitus’ Agricola by the Leiden historian Boxhorn (1612-1653). With the rare defense against his critics. Woodcut mark on titles. Ref. STCN (1). BnF. Not in BL. Joined : Suetonius - Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum annotationibus diuersorum. Amsterdam (= Paris), Wid. Cl. Thiboust & P. Esclassan, 1671, 24mo, cont. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine on 4 raised bands, gilt sides, sp. edges, 369-[15] pp. (a few sm. stains). Fake Amst. ed. A Paris piracy of the 1671 Amst. Elzevier ed. Engr. title. Old names on front flyleaf. Ref. Cp. Willems 1461 (same collation and pagination). BnF (1). Not in STCN, Goldsmith (BL), Schweiger. (2 vol.)
Very rare ed. and commentary of Tacitus’ Agricola by the Leiden historian Boxhorn (1612-1653). With the rare defense against his critics. Woodcut mark on titles. Ref. STCN (1). BnF. Not in BL. Joined : Suetonius - Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum annotationibus diuersorum. Amsterdam (= Paris), Wid. Cl. Thiboust & P. Esclassan, 1671, 24mo, cont. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine on 4 raised bands, gilt sides, sp. edges, 369-[15] pp. (a few sm. stains). Fake Amst. ed. A Paris piracy of the 1671 Amst. Elzevier ed. Engr. title. Old names on front flyleaf. Ref. Cp. Willems 1461 (same collation and pagination). BnF (1). Not in STCN, Goldsmith (BL), Schweiger. (2 vol.)
