1734 ROMAN HISTORY ARMORIAL BINDING ILLUSTRATED antique LIVES of EMPERORS NEPOS

Description

Nepos, C.
Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum.
Ed. J. Gebhardus, H. Ernstius and J.A. Bosius.
Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1734
(32),765,(90)p.
Engraved title by J. VISSCHER
Engraved frontispiece and 12 mainly portraits illustrations, original gilt calf with the coat of arms of LEYDEN (Minerva) on both covers , with corner ornaments.
Very good condition, lacks ties, some foxing
Size 5 by 8.5"
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 ROMAN HISTORY ARMORIAL BINDING ILLUSTRATED antique LIVES of EMPERORS NEPOS

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