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TACITUS, PUBLIUS CORNELIUS. Historiarum et annalium libri qui exstant. Edited by Justus Lipsius. 762, [6] pages, including penultimate colophon leaf and final blank. 8vo, 169x106 mm, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties; contents browned, occasional marginal dampstaining, insignificant worming in blank gutters toward beginning, scattered early underscoring and marginalia. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1574
first lipsius edition, generally considered his greatest work as an editor of classical texts. Printing and the Mind of Man 93; Reynolds & Wilson, Scribes & Scholars, page 181; Sandys II, 303.
