![SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS (GAIUS) Vitae XII Caesarum [Commentary by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus], Venice, 1490](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-08/20/94466519-275-2.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS (GAIUS) Vitae XII Caesarum [Commentary by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus], Venice, 1490 Sold for £2,750 inc. premium")
2 Oct 2012
14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Early Printing and English Books to 1640
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Early Printing and English Books to 1640
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SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS (GAIUS)
Vitae XII Caesarum [Commentary by Marcus Antonius Sabellicus], 133 leaves, 64 lines of commentary surrounding text, Roman type, printer's device on colophon, captital spaces with guide letters, blindstamp in the margin of a2 and final leaf, later half vellum, lettered in ink on spine, slightly soiled [ISTC is00822000; BMC XII 24; BSB-Ink S-536; Goff S822; GW M4425410; HC 15122*; IGI 9144] folio (315 x 212mm.), [Venice, Baptista de Tortis, 15 February 1490]
Sold for
£2,750
inc. premium
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