TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS. Annalium ... sive Historiae Augustae ... lbri sedecim, edited by Beatus Rhenatus, 2°, device on title and verso of final leaf, historiated initials of between 4 and 9 lines (small holes to upper margin of title and preliminaries), old calf. [Adams T24] Provenance: E. Hodson, signature on title; Sir Robert Johnson Eden Bart., armorial bookplate -- Publius TERENTIUS. Comoediae sex, commentary by Donatus, Paris: Robert Estienne, 1541, 4°, device on title, with final blank (which has small paper blemish and soiled margins), old calf (rebacked, slight damage to lower cover). [Adams T333; Schreiber 67: "this edition appears to have been a favorite with collectors throughout the centuries, and Brunet records several famous copies"]. With 2 other works.

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TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS. Annalium ... sive Historiae Augustae ... lbri sedecim, edited by Beatus Rhenatus, 2°, device on title and verso of final leaf, historiated initials of between 4 and 9 lines (small holes to upper margin of title and preliminaries), old calf. [Adams T24] Provenance: E. Hodson, signature on title; Sir Robert Johnson Eden Bart., armorial bookplate -- Publius TERENTIUS. Comoediae sex, commentary by Donatus, Paris: Robert Estienne, 1541, 4°, device on title, with final blank (which has small paper blemish and soiled margins), old calf (rebacked, slight damage to lower cover). [Adams T333; Schreiber 67: "this edition appears to have been a favorite with collectors throughout the centuries, and Brunet records several famous copies"]. With 2 other works.

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