1686 Suetonius Twelve Caesars
Julius Caesar Caligula Nero ROME Amsterdam Boxhorn
“Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob,
nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole
political system.”
― Suetonius, ‘The Twelve Caesars’
Suetonius was a 1st-century Roman historian who is most
remembered by his important set of biographies of twelve successive Roman
rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. “The
Lives of Twelve Caesars” or “De Vita
Caesarum” is still considered one of the primary sources on Roman history
and discusses important facets of the end of the Roman Republic.
“Twelve Caesars” covers the
lives of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba,
Otho, Vitellus, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, and is the first work to offer
insights to some of the lesser-known aspects of these important Roman figures –
such as Julius Caesar’s struggle with epilepsy. The extent of what is
culturally known about Caligula comes almost exclusively from Suetonius –
little else was written about the sadistic ruler. Suetonius says of Caligula’s
reign:
“So much for the Emperor; the rest of this
history must deal with the Monster.”
This rare 1686 edition was edited by Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn and
published in Amsterdam by Boom.
Item number: #20572
Price: $550
SUETONIUS, Caius Tranquillus
Caii Suetonii Tranquilii quae extant : & in eum M. Zuerii Boxhorni,
notae
Amstelodami: ex officina Henrici et viduae Theodori Boom, 1686.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
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[16], 384, [56]
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Engraved title page
· Provenance:
Handwritten – C. H. Bonnet
· Language: Latin
· Binding:
Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13cm x 8cm)
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