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TACITUS, PUBLIUS CORNELIUS. Historiarum et annalium libri qui exstant. Edited by Justus Lipsius. 762, [3] pages. 8vo, 172x102 mm, 18th-century vellum boards, spine unevenly darkened; contents toned, abraded inscriptions on title, paper flaws in lower outer corner of k5-6 slightly affecting text. 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.
