First Graevius edition
C. Svetonius Tranquillus ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii, ; cum ejusdem animadversionibus, ut & commentario integro Laevini Torrentii, et Isaaci Casavboni. His accedunt notæ Theodori Marcilii et Francisci Gvyeti, nec non index Matthiae Bernecceri.
Utrecht: Gisberti a Zyll, 1672.
Price: $750.00
About the item
First Graevius edition. Additional engraved title, woodcut printer's device on letterpress title, woodcut illustrations of coins throughout. [24], 826, [2 blank], 112, [64], [2], 19, [1] pp. Commentary printed in double columns. 4to. First Graevius edition. Contemporary blindstamped vellum, manuscript spine title. Some soiling to covers, internally fine.
Item #310676
"Graevius's edition of 1672, and revisions of his work that appeared in 1691, 1697, and 1703, became the foundation for widespread study of Seutonius in England as well as the Netherlands" (Bowerstock, From Gibbon to Auden, p 54).