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Thu, May 30, 2024 01:00PM EDT
Lot 247

ANTIQUE ROMAN HISTORY, VITAE EXCELLENTIUM IMPERATORUM CORNELIUS NEPOS VELLUM, 1734

Estimate: $1,320 - $1,500

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Year/Century: 18th century
Language: Latin
Subject: History
Binding: Vellum
Description: CUM QUORUMDAM ICONIBUS CORNELII NEPOTIS VITAE EXCELLENTIUM IMPERATORUM DAT. Samuelem Luchtmans, Leiden, 1734 Measures 5.5 by 8". Complete vellum, gilt-stamped armorial [shield with six stars carried by lions, crown above], gilt-blocked middle section, gilt-stamped spine. Every border is discolored. lost connections. Frontispiece engraved; title page in red and black. finished. with a few textual illustrations. In good shape. A small amount of vellum soiling. Some tone and foxing. Latin text. Cornelius Nepos was a Roman biographer who lived from about 110 to 25 BC. He was born in the village of Hostilia, which is located near Verona in Cisalpine Gaul.

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