XII Caesares, et in eos Laevini Torrentii commentarius auctior et emendatior.

Antwerp, Plantin Press (Wid. Chr. Plantin & Joannes [I] Moretus), [1592]

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Lot description

Large 4to: [4]-407-[23-2 bl.] pp. (toned, marg. soiled, front flyleaf loosening, min. traces of use, bookblock loosening, old marg. annotation at p. 219).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine with morocco label (soiled).

Scholarly ed. of Suetonius by the humanist Antwerp bishop L. Torrentius (1525-1595). Engr. title with border showing circular portraits of Roman emperors by Peeter van der Borcht, and printer’s mark. Numerous sm. woodcut coin ill. Printed in 2 col.
Ref. BB V:283:S-406. - Imhof S-55. - BT 4436. - Dekesel T-13.
Prov. "Gerardi Corselij" (name at bottom of title), i.e. the Leuven professor of Greek (Collegium Trilingue) and law Corselius (1568-1636). - Charles Greffier (collector’s ticket). - Ms. entry on front flyleaf.