Cornelius Tacitus - C. Corn. Tacitus ex I. Lipsii editione
C. Cornelius - Tacitus ex I. LipsII Editione - Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex officina Elzeviriana, pp. - Leather spine with marbled boards - 13 × 8 cm - with two illustrations.Condition:Good, wear on spine and binding, see photosContents:Illustrated with 1 plate with 3 portraits, nice title engraved by C.C. Duysent, depicting the river god Tiberius, who sits at the border of the Tiber, and holds in his arms a big jar from which water flows, and a cornucopia; behind him stands a woman who has a mirror in her hand. At the end of the preliminary pages a plate, also engraved by Duysent, showing within an oval frame 3 portraits, of Tiberius, Augustus and his wife Livia. Clear typography. Latin text only, no commentary or notes. Read More