1539 TWELVE CAESARS BIOGRAPHIES by Suetonius Tranquillus antique 16 c. BINDING

img{max-width:100%}Suetonius Tranquillus XII Caesars Annotated by D[esiderius] Erasmus Roter.[damus] Cologne, Gymnich; 1539 672 pp., 15 leaves. Original beautifully blind stamped calf over wooden boards, dated 1544 (worn, clasps missing) - VD 16 S 10105. Benzing 224.21. - Third edition of the version published by Erasmus of Rotterdam based on a manuscript from the monastery of St. Martin in Tournay, first printed by Froben in 1518. Here with the preface by Erasmus, dated June 9, 1517. - Inner joint broken, faded dampstain at the lower margins, some toning, lacks endpapers Text in Latin ===================================== Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius (c.?AD 69 – after AD 122) was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of 12 successive Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian, properly titled De vita Caes