Full morocco with raised bands and gilt decorations
1670 · A. Amsterdam
by Tacitus, Cornelius. Ablancourt, Nicolas Perrot d', tr
A. Amsterdam: Chez Jean de Ravesteyn, 1670. Edition nouvelle, reveue & corrigee. Full morocco with raised bands and gilt decorations. Boards warped, loss of leather and underlying board on fore edges of volume I, front pastedowns torn, fore edges foxed but leaves crisp, clean and without foxing; about good.. [xc], 480 pp.; 452 pp., [60 pp.]. Illus. with extra title page, engraved title vignette, tail-pieces, initials, and printer's devices. Sm. 8vo. Bookplates of William Blakiston-Bowes of Dunham, signed Wm. Bowes on title page. Nicolas Perrot d' Ablancourt (1606-64) translator and writer, was noted for his somewhat free but excellent style. Graesse, v. 7, p. 17. (Inventory #: 25789)