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Basel, Switzerland
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Folger call number: PA6700 .A2 1518 Cage
Folger holdings ID: 492295
Accession Number: 163116
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folio
General notes
Called Historiae augustae scriptores by the editors of Bibliotheca Erasmiana (Gand, 1893). Contents include the biographies contained in the 4th c. compilation commonly known by variations of that title, but also much other material The selections from Dio Cassius are translated by Giorgio Merula Imprint from colophon Signatures: a⁶ b⁸ (in Greek characters), *², g⁶ d-e⁸ (in Greek characters), a-z⁶ A-F⁶ G-I⁴ K-O⁶, o² (in Greek character), P-2Y⁶ 2Z⁸ 2a-2b⁶ 2c-2d⁸ 2e-2g⁶ Title within historiated woodcut border by Ambrosius Holbein; woodcut initials The unpaged preliminary leaves contain separate introductions and indices to the various works in this compilation
Item information about Folger PA6700 .A2 1518 Cage
In modern quarter goatskin with buckram boards; gilt spine title. Manuscript Latin notes
Also known as
Extended title: Ex recognitione D. Erasmi C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Dion Cassius Nicaeus, Aelius Spartianus, Iulius Capitolinus, Aelius Lampridius, Vulcatius Gallicanus V.C., Trebellius Pollio, Flauius Vopiscus Syracusius : quibus adiuncti sunt Sex. Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, Paulus Diaconus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Pomponius Laetus Ro., Io. Bap. Egnatius Venetus
Alternate titles: C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Dion Cassius Nicaeus, Aelius Spartianus, Iulius Capitolinus, Aelius Lampridius, Vulcatius Gallicanus V.C., Trebellius Pollio, Flauius Vopiscus Syracusius
Related names
translator: Merula, Giorgio, -1494
author: Cassius Dio Cocceianus
printer: Froben, Johann, -1527
printmaker: Holbein, Ambrosius, 1494?-1518?