GAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS; SALVATORE FIUME [ILLUSTRATOR]; GIOVANNI MARDERSTEIG [PRINTER],.
The Lives of The Twelve Caesars: Emperors of Rome.
New York: The Limited Editions Club , 1963.
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The Limited Editions Club Edition of Philemon Holland's fine translation of Suetonius' The Lives of the Twelve Caesars; signed by illustrator Salvatore Fiume and printer Giovanni Mardersteig; Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Holland's translation of The Twelve Caesars. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with color illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Salvatore Fiume and printer Giovanni Mardersteig of Verona at the Officina Bodoni on the colophon page at the rear. Translated by renowned English translator Philemon Holland and revised for this edition. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1293. In fine condition. Introduction by Moses Hadas. Illustrated by Salvatore Fiume.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus is a seminal work of Roman biography that offers vivid, often scandalous portraits of the first twelve rulers of the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Writing in the early second century CE, Suetonius combines historical narrative with personal anecdotes, focusing as much on the private vices and virtues of the emperors as on their public deeds. Philemon Holland’s English translation, produced in the early 17th century, helped make this classical text accessible to Renaissance readers, aligning with the period’s humanist interest in antiquity and moral exemplarity. Holland's robust and idiomatic style brought Suetonius’s Latin into the vernacular with clarity and liveliness, reinforcing the translator's reputation as a key figure in the transmission of classical knowledge to early modern England.
The Lives of The Twelve Caesars: Emperors of Rome.
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