C. Cornelius Tacitus. Jaarboeken en Historien, ook zyn Germanie

Tacitus, Cornelius, Hooft, P. C. (Pieter Corneliszoon), 1581-1647, Vaillant, A., illustrator, Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60, engraver, Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629, illustrator, Boom, Dirk, 1646?-1680 · 1684 · Amsterdam : H. en de weduwe van D. Boom · 50 pictures

A 1684 Dutch edition of Tacitus's Annals, Histories and Germania, issued in Amsterdam by H. and the widow of D. Boom, with a translation by P. C. Hooft and engravings by A. Vaillant and Joseph Mulder for a learned reading public. Its pictures are decorative initial letters, each a large capital set in dense foliate scrollwork with acanthus-like leaves, which suggest ornamental capitals for historical or classical display type.

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