[PRIZE BINDING - GORINCHEM]. SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Gaius.
Ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii cum ejusdem animadversionibus, ut et commentario integro Laevini Torrentii, Isaaci Casauboni, Theodori Marcilii, et cum notis ac numismatibus quibus illustratus est a Carolo Patino accedunt notae selectiores aliorum.
Utrecht, Anthonius Schouten, 1703. 3 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, a title vignette, numerous illustrations of roman coins in the text, and 2 folding textual cenotaphs. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum, sewn on 6 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine, a floral ornament in each compartment of the spine, the arms of Gorinchem in the centre of both boards surrounded by two ornamental borders, red and blue sprinkled edges. [14], 829, [2], 110, [152] pp.
€ 750
The third and enlarged edition of the works on and by the Roman biographer Suetonius, edited by J.G. Graevius. Graevius was a specialist in Greek and Latin antiquities, and the works of the scholars from this period. It includes Suetonius' work on the twelve emperors of Rome, Charles Patin's notes on Suetonoius emperors and coins, and an index by Matthias Bernegger. The prize binding of Gorinchem is from 1770, and was awared to Martin Gerard Delcourt (dates unknown) from the Latin school of Gorinchem, with a note signed by the rector E.J.B. Schonk. The present binding includes a type 2 prize stamp, which according to Spoelder occurs from 1780. However, the present work was awarded 10 years earlier, in 1770.
With a note on the fourth free flyleaf, stating that the prize was awarded to Martin Gerard Delcourt in 1770. The binding shows very mild traces of use. Some occasional vague browning, a mild waterstain in the outer margin of some of the leaves. Otherwise in good condition. Spoelder, Prijsboeken, 22; NNBW 4, pp. 670; STCN 268240825 (6 copies).
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