Suetone Tranquile : de la vie des XII. cesars
- Responsibility
- traduit par George de la Boutiere Autunois.
- Uniform Title
- De vita Caesarum
- Imprint
- A Lion : par Jan de Tournes, MDLVI [1556]
- Physical description
- [8], 369, [35] pages ; 26 cm (4to)
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| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| PA6700 .A2 1556 |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122, author.
- Contributor
- La Bouthière, George de, translator.
- Tournes, Jean de, 1504-1564 printer.
- Du Tronchet, Etienne, approximately 1510-approximately1585, annotator, former owner.
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Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1556
- Title Variation
- Svetone Tranqvile
- Note
- Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴ a-z⁴ A-Z⁴ 2a-2d⁴ (-2d1).
- Title page features elaborate ornamental frame and profile of Suetonius.
- "Avec privilege du roy."
- Woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces, and initial letters.
- Note
- Special Collections & University Archives copy 1: Binding: Quarter leather with brown paper over boards mimicking tree calf pattern; title and ornaments stamped gilt on spine; marbled endpapers. Provenance: Manuscript notes throughout by Etienne du Tronchet (signed "Estiene Dutrōchet" on title page). According to dealer description, du Tronchet's annotations include commentary, corrections, and alternate translations of the text, and are particularly concentrated in the sections on the lives of Julius Caesar and Caligula.
- Location
- France -- Lyon, -- publication place.
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