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Caius Suetonius Tranquillus cum Isaaci Casavboni Animaduersionibus et dissertationibus politicis: Ioh. Henr. Boecleri itemque vberrimo indice. Suetonius' Caesars with commentary.
1647SW1672Argentorati Strasbourg:: Philippi Mulbii 1647. 1647. 4to. x 352; 120 587 1 150 pp. Elaborate added engraved title title printed in red & black. Original full vellum. Ownership signature on title of F. P. Wilcken Lubecensis Lubeck Germany. Very good. Rare. Includes the extensive annotations of scholar Isaac Casaubon as well as a long dissertation on Suetonius by Boeckler. The elaborate half-title is drawn by I. Schef and engraved by Pierre Aubry 1610-1686. Gaius Suetonius Tranquilius was a Roman historian and biographer whose most significant contribution was his biographies of 12 Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Suetonius wrote The Twelve Caesars while serving as the personal secretary of the emperor Hadrian. Philippi Mulbii, 1647. hardcover books
