Author: Tacitus, Cornelius [ Publius Cornelius Tacitus - C Cornelii Taciti ] & Lipsius, Justus
Title: C Cor Taciti Quae [ Quae ] Extant Opera - Ex Recensione I Lipsii
Description: Lugd. Batavorum : ex officina Elzviriana [sic] [ Elzevir - Elzeviriana ], 1621, 1st thus. Later half calf over marbled boards, G. engraved tp+789+[29]pp, includes the following errors in pagination - pp161-162 omitted, pp472, 538 mis-numbered 272, 438 respectively with the signatures running A-3E8 ( the text is complete & continuous ), lacks the initial blanks, leather cracked at the rear hinge & upper hinge cracked at the gutter - both boards are attached but are fragile & require careful handling, occasional yellowing of the pages due to lesser quality paper stock being used, a good copy of an uncommon Elzevir. Early ownership signature at the base of the engraved title. Some copies have a printed title instead - it is supposed that the engraved title was not finished in time for the press on ealy copies. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The works of the Roman historian & orator Publius Cornelius Tacitus [ 56 - 117 ] as edited by Justus Lipsius [ 1547- 1606 ]. Lipsius oversaw several editions through the press, improving his text each time. Rahir 150, Willems 178 - ( who called the quality of the printing of this book from the presses of Bonaventure Elzevir as 'médiocre' ).

Keywords: classics, roman history, roman history, elzevir, literature