Author: Suetonius Tranquillus, Caius.
Title: Classic literature, Prize binding 1697 I Suetonius: [Opera] ex recensione Jo. Georgii Graevii, cum ejusdem animadversionibus […] Amsterdam, Hendrik Wetstein, 1697, [16]+445+[43] pp.
Description: Parchment ‘prijsband’ (prize binding; a book that was awarded to students who conducted outstanding performances) of Dordrecht, with the city arms on the front and back in blind tooling. Rests of bow closures. 160 x 100 mm, 12º: *#8 A-V#12 X#4. Engraved title page by Mulder to Tiedeman. Typographical title page in black and red and 12 images, one for each emperor, images on coins. Ex Libris: “Dr. J. A. van Praag.” Very good copy, rare binding.Suetonius edition by the Utrecht philologist Graevius (1632 – 1703), first published in 1672 by Gijsbert van Zijll in Utrecht. This edition from 1697 was dedicated by Graevius to King Charles Christian V of Denmark.ZKL0087

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