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SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Gaius. XII Caesares. Commentary by L. Torrentius. Antwerp: Widow of Christophe Plantin and J. Mourentroff, 1591.
4o (251 x 177 mm). Engraved title with border of 12 portrait medallions and central printer's device, two large woodcut initials and some small inintals, illustrations of small medallions in text (upper joint broken). 17th-century limp vellum. Provenance: J. De Witt (ownership inscription) -- Alex Boswell (ownership inscription dated 1728) -- early marginalia throughout -- "AK" (bookplate) -- purchased from Ximenes, New York, 1960s.
First edition with the commentary by Torrentius. Adams S-2051; BM/STC Dutch p. 194.
4o (251 x 177 mm). Engraved title with border of 12 portrait medallions and central printer's device, two large woodcut initials and some small inintals, illustrations of small medallions in text (upper joint broken). 17th-century limp vellum. Provenance: J. De Witt (ownership inscription) -- Alex Boswell (ownership inscription dated 1728) -- early marginalia throughout -- "AK" (bookplate) -- purchased from Ximenes, New York, 1960s.
First edition with the commentary by Torrentius. Adams S-2051; BM/STC Dutch p. 194.