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Opera quae Exstant
by C. Cornelii Taciti [Tacitus]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Henrico, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Jacobi Gronovil, 1721. Hardcover. Fair. Bound in calf-skin vellum-- spine has 6 ridges with the words TACITUS Curante GRONOVIO (clearly done with quill and ink). It appears some text has worn away below this. The leather binding is an ivory color, more discolored along the spine, where it has begun to wear away at 2 of the ridges. Front and back are embossed with floral diamond design-- shows signs of shelfwear but nothing the sturdy vellum wouldn't handle. The binding is tight. Outer edges of pages very brown with age, dust and sun. Based on other book descriptions, I believe this is volume one of a two volume set. There's some foxing throughout the book, and yellowing around the edges of pages, as would be expected of a book this age. Paper is thicker than paper of later books, and you can see that each letter in the text was arranged by a typesetter. First pages (the introduction) begin with larger font that gradually reduces in size. 756 pages in all. The title page reads as follows: C. Cornelii Taciti OPERA QUAE EXSTANT Integris BEATI RHENANI, FULVII URSINI, M. ANTONII MURETI, JOSIAE MERCERI, JUSTI LIPSII, VALENTIS ACIDALII, CURTII PICHENAE, JANI GRUTERI, HUGONIS GROTII, JOANNIS FREINSHEMII, JOANNUS FREDERICI GRONOVII, & felecti aliorum Commentariis illustrata. Ex Recensione & Cum Notis JACOBI GRONOVII (engraving of a woman and boy with the words VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES) TRAJECTI BATAVORUM Apud [ JACOBUM a POOLSUM, ] Bibliop. et [ JOHANNEM VISCH. ] cIc. Ic. ccxxi On the left-hand facing page is a full-page engraving of art, sculpture, and writing figures with the publisher's name along the bottom.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book People
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13590
- Title
- Opera quae Exstant
- Author
- C. Cornelii Taciti [Tacitus]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jacobi Gronovil
- Date Published
- 1721
- Pages
- 756
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Book People
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Henrico, Virginia
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Book People founder Ruth Erb first opened the store at an earlier incarnation of the Willow Lawn shopping center. Because she loved books, loved working with people, and wanted to combine the two, she called her new store Book People. In 1986, Erb moved the store to Granite Avenue in the Westhampton part of Richmond, where it did a brisk business. Former store employee David Shuman purchased Book People from Erb in 2018, and he has recently relocated the store to larger quarters in the Gleneagles shopping center in western Henrico.
We fulfill orders requested via email, online, or telephone, and we accept special orders such as out-of-print books, international mail orders, and titles from boutique publishers.
Book People has long had a strong community presence and sponsors several book clubs and numerous book and author events. The store supports educators and provides them a 20% discount. As part of its advocacy for free speech, Book People takes a stand against book banning and keeps an up-to-date display of books currently under threat in schools and libraries across the country.
Our history:
Book People founder Ruth Erb first opened the store at an earlier incarnation of the Willow Lawn shopping center. Because she loved books, loved working with people, and wanted to combine the two, she called her new store Book People. In 1986, Erb moved the store to Granite Avenue in the Westhampton part of Richmond, where it did a brisk business. Former store employee David Shuman purchased Book People from Erb in 2018, and he has recently relocated the store to larger quarters in the Gleneagles shopping center in western Henrico.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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....
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