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Author

Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122

Uniform title

De vita Caesarum

Title

C. Suetonii Tranquilli Caesarum XII libri, : à mendis ad interpretum sententiam & uetustorum exemplarium fidem repurgati: Locis etiam obscurioribus, qui plurimi erant, explicatis, ita ut omnibus bonos autores in scholis prælegentius (qui prudenter hunc autorem nulli certe uix uni atque alteri, propter linguæ elegantia[m], posthabe[n]t) sit labor ademptus. / Autore F. M. Gallo. Praeterea accesserunt omnes reliqui imperatores usque ad Carolum hunc V, breuius quide[m] quàm à Suetonio, sed non minus scholis apta dictione conscripti. Eodem F. M. Gallo. Item ex Ausonio de Cęsaribus carmina, & unde Cæsaris nomen dictum ex Philip. Beroal..

Varying form of title

C. Svetonii Tranqvilli Caesarvm XII libri

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Caesarum XII libri

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Caesarvm XII libri

Imprint

Basileae : per Henricum Petrum., M. D. XXXVII. [1537]

Physical description

[48], 715, [5] p. ; 16 cm (8vo)

Note

Imprint date from colophon (Yy6v): Basileae per Henricum Petrum, mense Augusto, anno M. D. XXXVII.

Note

Signatures: a-c⁸ A-Z⁸ Aa-Yy⁸.

Note

"Omnium post Domitianum Romanorum imperatorum usq[ue] ad Carolum hunc v uitæ gestorumq[ue] memoriæ dignorum copiose, & luculenter breuis descriptio.": caption title on page 616.

Note

"De Caesaribus ex Ausonio.": caption title on p. 711.

Note

Leaves c7, c8, Yy7 blank. Printer's device on Yy8v.

Citation/references note

David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), S96

Citation/references note

VD 16, S 10104

Citation/references note

CLC, S2001

Provenance

Inscription of Edmund Guest (1514?-1577) on title page: "Su[m] liber gest."; Guest pressmark on fore-edge (S8).

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

Binding

16th-century brown calf over pasteboard; sewn on four supports; boards decorated with blind roll with medallions, between rectangular frames of blind fillets and lines; four raised bands; blind fillets and cross-hatching on spine; red leather spine label with author and title; "1537" at tail of spine; remains of ties; parchment manuscript waste used as pastedowns (lower pastedown missing, but ink has transferred to board); fore-edge title and pressmark (S8).

Copy-specific note

Manuscript annotations in the hand of Edmund Guest.

Subject

Emperors Rome Biography.

Subject

Rome (Place) History.

Added entry--name

Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579 printer.

Added entry--name

Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.

Added entry--name

Gallus, F. M. editor.

Added entry--name

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

Added entry--name

Beroaldo, Filippo

Added entry--place

Switzerland Basel.

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1000#$aSuetonius.

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24510$aC. Suetonii Tranquilli Caesarum XII libri, :$bà mendis ad interpretum sententiam & uetustorum exemplarium fidem repurgati: Locis etiam obscurioribus, qui plurimi erant, explicatis, ita ut omnibus bonos autores in scholis prælegentius (qui prudenter hunc autorem nulli certe uix uni atque alteri, propter linguæ elegantia[m], posthabe[n]t) sit labor ademptus. /$cAutore F. M. Gallo. Praeterea accesserunt omnes reliqui imperatores usque ad Carolum hunc V, breuius quide[m] quàm à Suetonio, sed non minus scholis apta dictione conscripti. Eodem F. M. Gallo. Item ex Ausonio de Cęsaribus carmina, & unde Cæsaris nomen dictum ex Philip. Beroal..

2463#$aC. Svetonii Tranqvilli Caesarvm XII libri

24630$aCaesarum XII libri

24630$aCaesarvm XII libri

260##$aBasileae :$bper Henricum Petrum., $cM. D. XXXVII. [1537]

300##$a[48], 715, [5] p. ;$c16 cm (8vo)

500##$aImprint date from colophon (Yy6v): Basileae per Henricum Petrum, mense Augusto, anno M. D. XXXVII.

500##$aSignatures: a-c8 A-Z8 Aa-Yy8.

500##$a"Omnium post Domitianum Romanorum imperatorum usq[ue] ad Carolum hunc v uitæ gestorumq[ue] memoriæ dignorum copiose, & luculenter breuis descriptio.": caption title on page 616.

500##$a"De Caesaribus ex Ausonio.": caption title on p. 711.

500##$aLeaves c7, c8, Yy7 blank. Printer's device on Yy8v.

5104#$aDavid G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017),$cS96

5104#$aVD 16,$cS 10104

5104#$aCLC,$cS2001

561##$aInscription of Edmund Guest (1514?-1577) on title page: "Su[m] liber gest."; Guest pressmark on fore-edge (S8).

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

563##$a16th-century brown calf over pasteboard; sewn on four supports; boards decorated with blind roll with medallions, between rectangular frames of blind fillets and lines; four raised bands; blind fillets and cross-hatching on spine; red leather spine label with author and title; "1537" at tail of spine; remains of ties; parchment manuscript waste used as pastedowns (lower pastedown missing, but ink has transferred to board); fore-edge title and pressmark (S8).

590##$aManuscript annotations in the hand of Edmund Guest.

650#0$aEmperors$zRome$vBiography.

651#0$aRome$xHistory.

7001#$aPetri, Heinrich,$d1508-1579$eprinter.

7001#$aGuest, Edmund,$d1514?-1577$eformer owner.

7001#$aGallus, F. M.,$eeditor.

7001#$aAusonius, Decimus Magnus.

7001#$aBeroaldo, Filippo.

752##$aSwitzerland$dBasel.