CORNELII NEPOTIS QUAE EXSTANT OMNIA. QUID PRAETEREA IN ACCURATISSIMA HAC EDITIONE PRASTITUM SIT, INDICAT EPISTOLA AD LECTOREM
by Cornelii Nepotis (Author) & Joannis Alberti Fabricii (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Patavii: Josephus Cominus. Very Good. 1720. First Edition. Hardcover. Josephus Cominus; Cornelius Nepos was a Roman biographer nearly all of whose writings are lost. His only surviving work is the "Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae" (included herein pp. 1-125). This is actually only one volume of Nepos' larger "De Viris Illustribus," originally containing descriptions of foreign and Roman kings, generals, lawyers, orators, poets, historians, and philosophers. Johann Albert Fabricius (1668 - 1736) who was a German classical scholar and bibliographer included this work in his 'BIBLIOTHECAE LATINAE" (1st pub. 1703). [ ( xxxvi) , 140pp, 66] Vellum, spine with raised bands. Marble page edges. Interior of text Is tight and intact. A few margin notes. First 15 pages have a bottom margin damp stain. Slight lean. Roman History; Thin 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 144 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16920
- Title
- CORNELII NEPOTIS QUAE EXSTANT OMNIA. QUID PRAETEREA IN ACCURATISSIMA HAC EDITIONE PRASTITUM SIT, INDICAT EPISTOLA AD LECTOREM
- Author
- Cornelii Nepotis (Author) & Joannis Alberti Fabricii (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Josephus Cominus
- Place of Publication
- Patavii
- Date Published
- 1720
- Keywords
- Rome
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roman History;
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Vellum
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Raised Band(s)
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- First Edition
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