1544 LIFE of TEN ROMAN EMPERORS by SUETONIUS antique 16th century

CAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUSRoseo Mambrino Le Vite dei Dieci Imperatori ... Venice: Michiel Tramezzino. 1544Size 4 1/4 by 6"[3], [1], [1], [9], 232 pp. Early mottled calf binding, spine with 4 raised bands and gilt stamped red leather label. Marbled endpapers, red stained text block edgesVery good condition, some wear of bindingbookplate affixed to front pastedown: Ex Bibliot. A. R. Scurty N.text in Latin ==================================Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (commonly known 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, likely entitled De vita Caesarum. Other works by Suetonius concerned the daily life of Rome, politics, oratory, and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians. A few of these books have partially survived, but many have been lost============