Twelve Caesars, Signed (19 results)

First Edition. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Summary: One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned; another earned the nickname 'sphincter artist'. Six of their number were assassinated, two committed suicide - and five of them were elevated to the status of gods. They have come down to posterity as the 'twelve Caesars' - Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. Under their rule, from 49 BC to AD 96, Rome was transformed from a republic to an empire, whose model of regal autocracy would survive in the West for more than a thousand years. Physical description: 385 pages : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Ancient History: To C 500 CE Emperors Rome ; Biography. Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Genre: Roman history. Language: English. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Summary: One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned; another earned the nickname 'sphincter artist'. Six of their number were assassinated, two committed suicide - and five of them were elevated to the status of gods. They have come down to posterity as the 'twelve Caesars' - Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. Under their rule, from 49 BC to AD 96, Rome was transformed from a republic to an empire, whose model of regal autocracy would survive in the West for more than a thousand years. Physical description: 385 pages : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Ancient History: To C 500 CE Emperors Rome ; Biography. Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Genre: Roman history. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. thick volume in publisher's black cloth with gilt rule to board, tight and well preserved copy, faint library stamp to title, this copy not numbered (Presentation Copy) Volume 1 ONLY. Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Fiume, Salvatore (illustrator). First edition thus. Quarto. xviii, 483, (3)pp. With glossary. Brick linen lettered in gilt, over decorative paper covered boardsHoused in publisher's red cloth slipcase with gilt fore-edge, paper label on spine. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363) planned at the Officina Bodoni and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Signed on the limitation leaf by the master printer Giovanni Mardersteig and the artist Salvatore Fiume. Spine of slipcase a bit faded and with some old water spots with one seam starting to split. Book cover starting to separate from the book block at front hinge otherwise the book is in very good plus condition. `.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st UK Edition, 1st Printing. Fine in Fine DJ. Signed by Dennison. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Purple boards with gilt titles. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Clean pages. Firm binding. Signed by the author to the title page. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Purple boards with gilt titles. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Clean pages. Firm unread binding. Signed by the author to the title page. 1st impression with the full publishers numberline. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. Brand new copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition in fine/fine condition signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine first edition and first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Scarce signed UK edition! First edition. Hard cover. Princeton University Press, Princeton (2021) New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED FIRST EDITION Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Personally signed by the author directly to the title page. Not a bookplate; not a tip in. UK First edition, second printing. Dust jacket is wrapped in protective archival grade mylar. From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book?against a background of today's "sculpture wars"?Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the "Twelve Caesars," from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian. Twelve Caesars asks why these murderous autocrats have loomed so large in art from antiquity and the Renaissance to today, when hapless leaders are still caricatured as Neros fiddling while Rome burns. Beginning with the importance of imperial portraits in Roman politics, this richly illustrated book offers a tour through 2,000 years of art and cultural history, presenting a fresh look at works by artists from Memling and Mantegna to the nineteenth-century American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, as well as by generations of weavers, cabinetmakers, silversmiths, printers, and ceramicists. Rather than a story of a simple repetition of stable, blandly conservative images of imperial men and women, Twelve Caesars is an unexpected tale of changing identities, clueless or deliberate misidentifications, fakes, and often ambivalent representations of authority. From Beard's reconstruction of Titian's extraordinary lost Room of the Emperors to her reinterpretation of Henry VIII's famous Caesarian tapestries, Twelve Caesars includes fascinating detective work and offers a gripping story of some of the most challenging and disturbing portraits of power ever created. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine first edition and first printing hardback (light wear) - in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & LINED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good. 28 cm; xviii, 484, [2] pages, and 12 mounted color plates after paintings by Salvatore Fiume. Title page in red and black. Medallion portraits (by Fiume) at each chapter head. Bound in wine-colored Italian linen over decorative wood-block paper-covered boards. Printed dust-jacket and slipcase. Front hinge abraded; some discoloration to endleaves. Dust jacket discolored along spine, a little frayed along edges, and torn at lower crown. Slipcase strong. Introduction by Moses Hadas; translation by Philemon Holland. #1408 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator and the printer.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine / Slipcase. Number 417 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Salvatore Fiumi, and the printer. Translated by Philemon Holland and revised for this edition, with an introduction by Moses Hadas. A Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket in a lightly worn slipcase.

Illustrated with paintings by Salvatore Fiume. (illustrator). Limited Edition. [xviii], 482, [6]. 6.75" x 10.25" Limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by Giovanni Mardersteig (printer) and Salvatore Fiume (illustrator), of which this is 212. [LEC 347]. Fine in very good, spine toned and mildly soiled and edge worn dust jacket, in very good or better slipcase. Quarter burgundy linen, over hand-blocked paper boards, top stain yellow, in plain grey dust jacket, spine titled in red, housed in publisher's gold and red slipcase.

Hardcover. Salvatore Fiume (illustrator). Quarto (6-7/8" x 10-1/4") bound in Verona with a backstrip of wine-colored Italian linen stamped in gold and boards covered in a decorative wood-blocked paper hand made by Antonio Gabrielli of Montecatini, 512 pages. Planned at the Officina Bodoni and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega by Giovanni Mardersteig. The Elizabethan translation of Philemon Holland, emended by Moses Hadas who has also written an introduction. Illustrated with a dozen full-color paintings and a medallion portrait of each of the twelve Caesars by Salvatore Fiume. Copy #263 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist and by the printer on the colophon page. Suetonius is a primary source for the lives of the Caesars including the infamous Caligula. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sixteen full page illus. with tissue guards by Frank C. Pape, 10.5 x 7", 3/4 red leather, gilt ruling and lettering, red and yellow boards and endpapers, deckled edges, viii, (391). Leather scuffed/scraped (especially on back), boards rubbed, soiled with light waterstains, corners and spine tips bumped, chipped and worn, bookplate, endpapers have scattered spotting else very good condition. Uncut pages. THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF SUETONIUS' LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS IS LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES, EACH ONE OF WHICH IS SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND TRANSLATOR. THIS IS NUMBER 146. SCARCE.

Hardcover. Salvatore Fiume (illustrator). Quarto (6-7/8" x 10-1/4") bound in Verona with a backstrip of wine-colored Italian linen stamped in gold and boards covered in a decorative wood-blocked paper hand made by Antonio Gabrielli of Montecatini, 512 pages. Planned at the Officina Bodoni and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega by Giovanni Mardersteig. The Elizabethan translation of Philemon Holland, emended by Moses Hadas who has also written an introduction. Illustrated with a dozen full-color paintings and a medallion portrait of each of the twelve Caesars by Salvatore Fiume. Copy #751 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist and by the printer on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Suetonius is a primary source for the lives of the Caesars including the infamous Caligula. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine and Near Fine slipcase with a few ink squiggles on one panel.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Quarto. 11" x 7 1/2". Bound in purple cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and gilt design to cover. 390pp. 16 black and white drawings by Pape' with textured tissue guards. Limited to 300 numbered copies each of which is signed by the artist and translator. This is copy #233. A bit of edge rubbing at bottom of spine.