Batavorum cum Romanis bellum : à Corn. Tacito lib. IV. & V. Hist. olim descriptum, figuris nunc aeneis expressum = De batavische oft oude Hollandtsche oorloghe teghen de Romeynen / auctore Othone Vaenio Lugdunobatauo.

Author
Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • Latin
  • Dutch
Published/​Created
Antuerpiae : Apud auctorem vaeneunt, 1612.
Description
[74] p. : 36 ill. (etchings with engraving) ; 23 x 31 cm.

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Notes
  • Engravings by Antonio Tempesta illustrating books 4 and 5 of Tacitus's Historiae, with extract from Tacitus facing each engraving.
  • Plate 1 signed: Ant. Tempesta f., anno 1611.
  • LC copy has plates 1, 2, and 3 tipped onto stubs of plates 6, 5, and 4 respectively, and so on, to form "folios" gathered in 6s.
With
With: Historia septem infantium de Lara. -- Antuerpiae : P. Lisaert, 1612.
Binding note
Ex copy: In old plain calf, marbled endpapers, all edges sprinkled red.
Language note
Parallel text in Latin and Dutch letterpress on t.p. verso; Latin letterpress on verso of plates 1-35. Etched captions in Dutch and Latin at bottom of each illustration.
References
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara 2121
Other title(s)
  • Batavorvm cvm Romanis bellvm.
  • Batavische oft oude Hollandtsche oorloghe teghen de Romeynen.
In
Multi-title collection including Historia septem infantium de Lara ... = Historia de los siete infantes de Lara and 1 other(s).
LCCN
03031603
OCLC
23645751
Cico
  • 2121
Dclib
  • dcl:fg6
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