1734 VITAE EXCELLENTIUM IMPERATORUM CORNELIUS NEPOS VELLUM antique ROMAN

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Title: 1734 VITAE EXCELLENTIUM IMPERATORUM CORNELIUS NEPOS VELLUM antique ROMAN

Description: CORNELII NEPOTIS
VITAE EXCELLENTIUM IMPERATORUM CUM QUORUMDAM ICONIBUS.
Ed. J. Gebhardus, H. Ernstius and J.A. Bosius.
Leiden: Samuelem Luchtmans; 1734
Size 5 by 8"
(32),765,(181)pp.
Full vellum, gilt 1 central and 4 corner fleurons on both covers.
Manuscript title to the spine.
Lacks ties.
Engraved frontispiece by J. VISSCHER, red and black title page.
Complete. With 12 illustrations in text (portraits).
Very good condition. Minor wear of the vellum. Some foxing
Text in Latin

Cornelius Nepos (c. 110 BC – c. 25 BC) was a Roman biographer.
He was born at Hostilia, a village in Cisalpine Gaul not far from Verona.

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1734 VITAE EXCELLENTIUM IMPERATORUM CORNELIUS NEPOS VELLUM antique ROMAN

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