First English Edition of The History of the Triumvirates

First English Edition of The History of the Triumvirates

Samuel de Broë, seigneur de Citry et de la Guette; Thomas Otway, trans. THE HISTORY OF THE TRIUMVIRATES. THE FIRST THAT OF JULIUS CAESAR, POMPEY AND CRASSUS. THE SECOND THAT OF AUGUSTUS, ANTHONY AND LEPIDUS. 2 vols. bound in one. London: Printed for Charles Brome, 1686. First English edition. Blind tooled mottled calf with raised bands on spine, edges stained or speckled, ribbon bookmark. 8vo; [36], 655, [1]pp. With table of contents and printed marginalia. ESTC R13558.
7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Condition Report: Boards with some scuffs and marks, corners bumped, edgewear, spine and joints lightly rubbed, with cracking at front joint and small loss at head of spine; front paste-down separating from board, with ex libris sticker and wormhole, endpapers with staining and offsetting, cracking at front hinge and reinforcement at hinge head between free endpapers; pages lightly toned with wormholes at one corner through E2, taped repair at upper margin of H2, occasional minor stain/mark or corner loss; a good copy of this English translation from the original French.