Cornelii nepotis excellentium imperatorum vitae
by NEPOS, Cornelius
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Londini [i.e. London]: Typis J. Brindley, 1744. [14], 118pp, [10]. With an engraved title-page and a terminal list of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp. The first Brindley edition of the only work of Roman biographer Cornelius Nepos (c.110-25 BCE) to survive into the modern era, containing the lives of such luminaries of the ancient world as Hannibal, Cato and Atticus. ESTC T83013.. 12mo.
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Details
- Seller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- AQ19256
- Title
- Cornelii nepotis excellentium imperatorum vitae
- Author
- NEPOS, Cornelius
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Typis J. Brindley
- Place of Publication
- Londini [i.e. London]
- Date Published
- 1744
- Keywords
- History
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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