Opera, quae extant. Integris J. Lipsii, Rhenani, Ursini, Mureti, Pichenae, Merceri, Gruteri, Acidalii, Grotii, Freinshemii, & selectis aliorum commentariis illustrata. Joh. Fred. Gronovius recensuit, & suas notas passim adjecit. Accedunt Jacobi Gronovii excerpta ex variis lectionibus MS. Oxoniensis

TACITUS, Publius Cornelius.

Published by Amsterdam: ex Typographia Blaviana, 1685

About this Item

A charming variorum edition of the complete works, in a well-preserved contemporary binding. The book features Tacitus's text alongside a detailed commentary by several scholars. It is embellished with an elaborate engraved frontispiece and a few woodcut illustrations depicting Roman coins and keys. This work was edited by the German classical scholar Johann Friedrich Gronovius (1611-1671), and first published posthumously in 1672. It includes contributions by Gronovius's son Jacobus. Dibdin II, p. 453; STCN 85256998X. 2 vols, octavo (187 x 103 mm); pp. [xxxii], 1229, [3]; 882 (= 884), [224]. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I, 3 woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut printer's devices on title pages, similar initials and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, spine with raised bands, elaborate gilt floral decoration in compartments, light brown and green calf labels, double blind fillet border on covers, floral gilt tooling to board edges, marbled endpapers, edges red. Loss at head of vol. I spine, corners worn, small paper repair to lower outer corner of leaf 2O1 in vol. II, occasional light foxing or toning, otherwise clean. A very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Opera, quae extant. Integris J. Lipsii, Rhenani, Ursini, Mureti, Pichenae, Merceri, Gruteri, Acidalii, Grotii, Freinshemii, & selectis aliorum commentariis illustrata. Joh. Fred. Gronovius recensuit, & suas notas passim adjecit. Accedunt Jacobi Gronovii excerpta ex variis lectionibus MS. Oxoniensis
• Publisher: Amsterdam: ex Typographia Blaviana, 1685