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[SUETONIUS (75-160)]. The Historie of Twelve Caesars, Emperours of Rome ... newly translated into English, by Philemon Holland. London: Matthew Lownes, 1606. 2° (268 x 188mm). Title ruled in red with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorations and initials, 12 small profile portraits of each Emperor (a few headrules cropped, waterstain to last few leaves, a few spots and some light browning). Contemporary vellum (cockled and stained). Provenance: W. Walter 1606 (signatures on title) -- Viscount Mersey, Bignor Park (label) -- some early annotation, 2 old leaves of annotation loosely-inserted. STC 23423; with Salustius's The Two most worthy and Notable Histories (London, 1608) bound in contemporary vellum. (2)
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