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TACITUS, Publius Cornelius Opera quae exstant. I. Lipsius quartum recensuit. Idemque Notas ad oram addidit, rerum indices. Antwerp [Leiden], Chr. Plantin [Fr. Raphelengius], 8vo: [16]-pp., [1 bl.]-[11]-[1 bl.] ff. (normal toning, cut a bit short at top). Contemp. armorial binding: red morocco, central gilt arms on covers within double gilt ruled border with cypher initials in corners, richly gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands with repeated cypher initials, a.e.g., mod. marbl. pastedowns (some tiny def., some exp. rep. at spine, corners sl. bumped). Good copy. Revised ed. of the famous Tacitus by Justus Lipsius. Printed in Leiden by Raphelengius, some copies have the Raphelengius address on title. Mark on title. Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) - Sorgeloos - BT - TB - Adams T-- Pettegree NB Bound with: Lipsius, Justus - Ad C. Cornelium Tacitum Curae secundae. [Leiden], Plantin Press (Fr. Raphelengius), [16]-pp. The rare 1st and only separate ed. of a series of new critical notes on Tacitus' "Opera" by Justus Lipsius. With a long liminary poem by Janus Dousa. Sm. woodcut coin ill. Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) - TB - Pettegree NB - Not in Adams, Sorgeloos. Prov. Boulleau (17th-c. arms and cypher "CCDH" on covers, Olivier cites our copy, then in the library of M. Jousselin).