C. CORNELIUS TACITUS CUM OPTIMIS EXEMPLARIBUS COLLATUS 1678 COEVAL BINDING

[TACITUS]. C. Cornelius Tacitus Cum Optimis Exemplaribus Collatus. Published by Daniel Elzevier, Amsterdam, 1678.

Reprint; leather-bound, hardcover, 24mo (120 x 65 x 40mm), pp. 624, [24]. Latin text in Roman and Italic letter. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf over thick boards, spine with four raised bands, engraved title-page, tailpiece, decorative initials, rear index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure with the hinges intact. Covers with some very minor shelf wear. Text-block nicely preserved, first three leaves showing minor erosion at fore edge, else fine. Without previous ownership markings.

Notes: The third and last Elzevier 24mo edition; line-for-line reprint of the second edition of 1665. The text is that edited by Curtius Pichena and Matthias Bernegger. Cf. BN, CLXXXI, column 638, no. 68.