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Caius Tranquillus Suetonius CAJI SUETONII TRANQUILLI OPERA, et In illa Commentarius Samuelis Pitisci, Quo Antiquitates Romanae, tum ab interpretibus doctissimis, Beroaldo, Sabellico, Egnatio, Ursino, Grutero, Torrentio, Casaubono, Marcilio, Boxhornio, Graevio, Babelonius etiam explcatea, tum ab illis neglegtae, ex Auctoribus idoneis permultis, Graecis & Latinis, veteribus & recentioribus, perpetuo tenore explicantur, Huic accedunt index Auctorum obiter explicitorum, & Rerum absolutissimus: Imperatorum, Imperatoresque arctissimo gradu contingentium icones : & figurae ex veterum monumentis ad historiam illustrandam depromptae in as eleganter incisa. Trajecti ad Rhenum Ex Officina Francisci Halmae, 1690 Two volumes In 8°. Half modern leather binding 2 vols. pp. (42nn including frontispiece)-932; (4nn)-924. Title in red and black. Frontispiece by G. Hoet and T. Mulder, depicting Rome triumphant offering a crown to a seated emperor, in foreground the Roman god Tiberius and the she-wolf of Romulus and Remus. The 2 vols. are accompanied overall by 35 finely copper-engraved f.t. tables (11 depicting Roman emperors).

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Caius Tranquillus Suetonius CAJI SUETONII TRANQUILLI OPERA, et In illa Commentarius Samuelis Pitisci, Quo Antiquitates Romanae, tum ab interpretibus doctissimis, Beroaldo, Sabellico, Egnatio, Ursino, Grutero, Torrentio, Casaubono, Marcilio, Boxhornio, Graevio, Babelonius etiam explcatea, tum ab illis neglegtae, ex Auctoribus idoneis permultis, Graecis & Latinis, veteribus & recentioribus, perpetuo tenore explicantur, Huic accedunt index Auctorum obiter explicitorum, & Rerum absolutissimus: Imperatorum, Imperatoresque arctissimo gradu contingentium icones : & figurae ex veterum monumentis ad historiam illustrandam depromptae in as eleganter incisa. Trajecti ad Rhenum Ex Officina Francisci Halmae, 1690 Two volumes In 8°. Half modern leather binding 2 vols. pp. (42nn including frontispiece)-932; (4nn)-924. Title in red and black. Frontispiece by G. Hoet and T. Mulder, depicting Rome triumphant offering a crown to a seated emperor, in foreground the Roman god Tiberius and the she-wolf of Romulus and Remus. The 2 vols. are accompanied overall by 35 finely copper-engraved f.t. tables (11 depicting Roman emperors).

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