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The historie of twelve Cæsars, emperours of Rome: written in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a marginall glosse, and other briefe annotations there-upon

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Type of record: Book

Title: The historie of twelve Cæsars, emperours of Rome: written in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English, by Philêmon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. Together with a marginall glosse, and other briefe annotations there-upon

Other titles: De vita Caesarum

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Lt q/SUE

Related people: Holland, Philemon

Publisher: Printed [by Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1606

Language: English

Size and medium: [32], 272, 39, [1] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/279425

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000984839705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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First edition, second issue.


A translation of: Suetonius. De vita Caesarum.


Snowdon printed the preliminaries and annotations; Lownes the rest (STC and addendum).


Letterpress title; a variant (STC 23422) lacks Holland's name.


The annotations have separate register and pagination, with caption title "Annotations vpon C. Iulius Cæsar Dictator".


Pagination somewhat irregular.


Second preliminary leaf (following title) signed with a small ornament and the figure 3; third leaf unsigned, and fourth signed [paragraph]4. The next leaf is ¹A1.


Includes index.


Indexed in: STC (2nd ed.) 2342393}A1.

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Spine lettered SVE/TO/NIV[S] (upside down!)

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