Description: P. Cornelius TacitusTHE ANNALS AND THE HISTORIES Franklin Library Great Books of the Western WorldFranklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Cornelius Tacitus brilliantly chronicles the moral decline and rampant civil unrest in the Roman Empire in a period when the earliest foundations of modern Europe were being laid. The Annals commence in a.d. 14, at the death of Augustus, recounting the reigns of Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula), Claudius, and Nero, and conclude in a.d. 68, the year of Nero’s suicide. The Histories document the tumultuous year a.d. 69, when Emperors Galba, Otho, and Vitellius all perished in quick succession, ushering in Vespasian’s ten-year reign. According to historian Will Durant, “[We must] rank Tacitus among the greatest. . . . The portraits he draws stand out more clearly, stride the stage more livingly than any others in historical literature.”
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Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Language: English
Special Attributes: Limited Edition
Author: P.Cornelius Tacitus
Region: Europe
Publisher: Franklin Library
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Historical
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1979
Original/Facsimile: Original
