Suetonius, XII Caesares, Lyon, 1537, contemporary reversed sheep with lettered edges
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SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, GAIUS. C. Suetonii Tranquilli XII Caesares. Ausonius poeta de XII Caesaribus per Suetonium Tranquillum scruptis. Eiusdem tetrasticha a Julio Caesare usque ad tempora sua. Io. Baptistae Egnatii Veneti, de Romanis principibus, libri III. Eiusdem annotationes in Suetonium. Annotata in eundem, et loca aliquot restitua per D. Erasmum Roter. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1537
A volume with the title in large manuscript letters along the edges, additionally with a branded monogram on the head edge.
8vo (160 x 110mm). Roman and italic types, 29 lines plus headline. collation: a-z8 A-M8: 280 leaves. Woodcut printer’s device at beginning and end, woodcut initials, early marginalia in Latin and Spanish, manuscript mottoes on flyleaf and verso of title. (Dampstaining.)
binding: Contemporary reversed sheep (163 x 115 mm), stubs from 2 pairs of yellow silk ties, plain edges, title lettered along all edges and with brand on head-edge. (Binding somewhat worn, stitched repair on upper cover, top panel of spine defective.)
provenance: Various early inscriptions and mottoes including “Difficilia quae pulchra” (things that are beautiful are hard to obtain) in a circle on flyleaf — crossed through inscription on title-page, "Hic liber pertinet conventus almanticensis ..." (i.e. Almanza, in Leon?) — monogram branded onto head edge, possibly of Mexican origin (but not found in Catálogo colectivo de marcas de fuego, online database). acquisition: Purchased in 2000 from G.W. Stuart Jr, Yuma, Arizona. references: USTC 154749; von Gültlingen V: Gryphe 424
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