Description
Twelvemo, [xix], [1], 786pp, [30pp index]. Period red calf, title in gilt on spine, decorative bands, gilt illustration on covers. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait. Clean text. Previous ownership bookplate on affixed to endpapers. Collation complete. (Berghman 2145)
Comments: As early as 1621, the Elzeviers had printed a version of Tacitus, but the work was moderately executed and has fallen into obscurity. In 1634, this edition was printed with beautiful illustrations. A second edition was published in 1640, which is slightly larger. (Art, III, 474)
