NEPOS (Cornelius) - De vita excellentium imperatorum.... Lot 386

NEPOS (Cornelius) - De vita excellentium imperatorum. Paris, Chez Barbou, 1784; in-12, 352 pp, bound in contemporary marbled full calf, smooth spine, gilt edges, red morocco title page, fillets on boards. Frontispiece by Cochin. Cornelius Nepos, a Latin historian born a century BC, kept up a correspondence with Cicero, whom he befriended like Catullus and Atticus. Text on the lives of the great captains of antiquity. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY