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Caii Suetonii Tranquilli de xii Caesaribus libri viii : eiusdem de illustribus grammaticis et de claris rhetoribus : Isaacus Casaubonus ex fide vetustissimorum librorum recensuit & libros adiecit animadversionum

Suetonius, ca. 69-ca. 122, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. MB (BRL), John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL) · 1611 · [Geneva] : Apud Samuelem Crispinum · 46 pictures

Suetonius's Latin lives of the twelve Caesars, with Isaac Casaubon's edited text and notes, printed in Geneva in 1611 by Samuel Crispin for scholarly readers; from the John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library. The pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: decorative headpieces and tailpieces of scrolling acanthus, leaves and volutes, one with a central urn-like finial, suited to borders, dividers and classical-revival page designs.

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