Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The description of Germanie, first
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NO RESERVE Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The description of Germanie, first edition in English, first f. seemingly the original blank, but laid down, so unable to confirm whether signature mark present, woodcut decorative initials, [STC 23644], lacking title and to the reader f., dedication f. with some chipping, margins repaired and mounted on stub, [By Arn. Hatfield, for Bonham and Iohn Norton], 1598 bound with (as issued) Tacitus (Cornelius) The Ende of Nero and beginning of Galba. Fower bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The life of Agricola, second edition in English, full-page engraved plan of Roman army camp, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final blank, [STC 23643], [By Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton], 1598, together 2 works in 1 vol., as issued, water-stained, spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, small folio sold not subject to return.
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