TACITI QUAE EXTANT OPERA EX. RECENSIONE. I LIPSII. LVGD BATAVORUM, EX OFFICINA ELZVIRIANA, ANNO CLC LC C.XXI. pocket size edition

Tacitus. C. Cor

Published by Elzevir Press, Amsterdam: Elzevir Press, 1631

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Early Reprint of the 1st Edition. Tacitus. C. Cor. TACITI QUAE EXTANT OPERA EX. RECENSIONE. I LIPSII. LVGD BATAVORUM, EX OFFICINA ELZVIRIANA, ANNO CLC LC C.XXI. Amsterdam: Elzevir Press, 1631. [Contemporary vellum with overlapping fore-edges characteristic of the period, hand-lettered at the spine, all edges stained red.] A very good example. [small repair on the ffe] Contents excellent & free of blemish. 12mo., 789pp + 29 index. Edited by scholar, Joest Lips [usually Latinized as Justus Lipsius, 1547-1606]. The first edition was published in 1575; it was revised & corrected five times until 1606 & was reprinted numerous times after that. - Cf. Voet, The Plantin Press, 2280. The Elzevirs were a renowned family of Dutch printers, celebrated especially for their editions of classical authors. The Elzevirs feared they may have to shut down their publishing house following the end of business relations with France, their main supplier of paper, in the mid 17th century. They adopted their famous pocket size editions of well-known Latin classics & did so in the teeth of many complaints from their learned customers. In the second half of the seventeenth century by contrast, a public appetite for imaginative literature was growing again. Novels & works of popularization multiplied & economic conditions did not favour the publication of costly works of reference. These were the reasons for the renewed success of the small format. Engraved Title Page Vignette - contains: ANNELIVM, HISTORIARVM, DE MORIBVS, DE VITA & DIALOGVS. Bookplate of Cardinal Dubois & some old ink ownership entries on the prelims & top of title page. See PMM #93. Seller Inventory # 33531

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Title: TACITI QUAE EXTANT OPERA EX. RECENSIONE. I ...

Publisher: Elzevir Press, Amsterdam: Elzevir Press

Publication Date: 1631

Edition: Early Reprint of the 1st Edition.