Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

[Opera] Cornelius Tacitus exacta cura recognitus et emendatus : copiosus index rerum, locorum, et personarum, de quibus in his libris agitur; vario lectio, in calce operis impressa

      [Colophon:] Venetiis: in Aedibus Haeredum Aldi Manutii Romani, et Andreae Asulani Soceri, 1534. First Aldine edition. 4to (in eights) (8-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches; 212 x 14 cm. *8**4a-h8i4k, L, M, n-z, A-K8; [12], 260 leaves. Aldine device on title and on verso of colophon leaf. Early limp vellum,a few spots on front cover, minor worming through rear cover and rear free endpaper; blank coner of one leaf b8 torn away, some scoring and marginalia by an early scholar, occasional soiling and marginal minor marginal stains; overall a superb, unsophisticated, wide-margined copy in a contemporary binding. Cloth slipcase. Renouard, pp. 112-113 (tres recherche et de tres haut prix); Adams T25; Ahmanson-Murphy 239