1676 TACITUS Annals Histories Roman Empire Nero ROME Justus Lipsius PROVENANCE

1676 TACITUS Annals Histories Roman Empire Nero ROME Justus Lipsius PROVENANCE

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”

― Tacitus, The Annals

Cornelius Tacitus was a 1^st-century Roman historian who is now remembered for his two major works – ‘Annals’ and ‘Histories’ – in which he examines the lives and political careers of important Roman emperors such as Tiberius, Nero, and Claudius. By many accounts, Tacitus is considered the greatest Roman historian, not only by the accuracy of his content, but through demonstrating the psychological nature of ancient Roman politics.

‘Histories’ is one of the first written accounts to discuss the Great Jewish Revolt, an account that openly records combative attitudes between Jews and other cultures. ‘Annals’ was Tacitus’s final work and covers the era following the death of Caesar Augustus, including the reigns of Claudius, Caligula, and Nero. It is also the earliest known secular history to mention Jesus Christ in which Tacitus connects Nero to the persecution of early Christians.

This 1676 Paris edition was published by Thiboust and Esclassan who included the famed commentary of Justus Lipsius.

Item number: #25871

Price: $599

TACITUS, Cornelius

1. Cornelii Taciti Annales et Historiae.

Parisiis: Apud Claudii Thiboust, et Petrum Esclassan, 1676.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [8], 600, [14]
• References: USTC 403321; Pettegree NB 19241; Voet 1561
• Provenance:
  • Bookplate – Roger Quirk
  • Armorial bookplate – The Honourable Francis Henry Egerton, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
    • Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756–1829), was a noted British eccentric, scholar, naturalist, and antiquarian. Egerton was a Church of England clergyman who held the rectories of Myddle (1781) and Whitchurch (1797) in Shropshire, but the duties were performed by a proxy. According to the Parisian police, Egerton kept dogs and cats in his house which he dressed as ladies and gentlemen and would take them with him in his carriage. He was a fair scholar, a zealous naturalist, and antiquarian, whose collection of 67 manuscripts dealing with the literature of France and Italy were bequeathed to the British Museum at his death. Motto: DIEU ET MON HONNEUR
  • Language: Latin
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~5in X 3in (12.5cm x 7.5cm)

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